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CONFERENCE  COMMITTEE. 


HOK    GRANT  GOODRICH.  J.  K.  BOTSFORD. 

ROBT.  F.   QUEAL.  J-  G-  HAMILTON. 

A.  R.  SCRANTON.  A-  E-  BISHOP. 

ORRINGTON  LUNT.  G.  c-  COOK. 

E    H.   GAMMON.  T.  W.  HARVEY. 

WM    B.  PHILLIPS.  SMEON  FARWELL. 

CHARLES  BUSBY.  WM.  WHEELER. 

F.  E.  BRADLEY.  J-  E-  WILSON. 

F    EVERETT.  D-  H-  PIKE- 

J    B    HOBBS.  H.  DICKHAUT. 

F.   FISHER.  J-  B-  SIRVERTSON. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 


HON.  GRANT  GOODRICH. 

ROBT    F.  QUEAL.  CHARLES  BUSBY. 

E.  H.  GAMMON.  *      A.  R.  SCRANTON. 


Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
ORRINGTON  LUNT. 


COMMITTEE'S   REPORT. 


To  the  Bishop  and  Members  of  the  Hock  River  Annual  Conference 
in  session  at  Mendota,  September,  1873: 

The  Committee  appointed  by  your  honorable  body  during  the 
session  of  October,  1871,  in  Aurora,  just  after  the  great  Chicago 
fire,  to  whom  was  specially  committed  the  imperiled  interests  of 
Chicago  Methodism,  beg  leave  to  present  the  following  report: 

While  we  accepted  the  post  of  difficulty  as  the  post  of  honor,  and 
entered  upon  our  work  of  resuscitating  and  rebuilding  our  burned 
churches  and  institutions,  with  no  light  but  from  our  burning  homes 
and  with  no  hope  but  in  God,  we  now  recall  these  months  of  toil  and 
trial,  and  recount  the  Divine  deliverances  with  great  pleasure  and 
profound  gratitude  to  our  merciful  Father  who  has  always  been  better 
to  us  than  all  our  fears.  We  cannot  advance  in  this  report  much  as 
it  is  a  labor  of  love,  without  acknowledging  that  "  every  good  gift 
cometh  from  God,"  and  that  "  without  Him  we  could  do  nothing  at 
all." 

With  our  homes  rebuilt,  our  churches  reopened,  our  city  risen  from 
the  ashes,  so  beautiful  and  vast,  that  all  the  world  wonders,  it  seems 
impossible  to  realize  our  want,  our  desolation,  our  extremity  of  two 
years  ago.  To  get  any  approximate  appreciation  of  our  experiences, 
we  must  carefully  recall  our  condition  and  work  preceding  the  fire. 

As  a  denomination,  our  church  was  on  the  stretch  to  keep  abreast 
of  the  young  city.  In  the  midst  of  a  population  trebling  every 
decade,  and  in  a  city  adding  new  miles  of  homes  every  year,  the 
church  has  felt  herself  compelled  to  venture  upon  her  credit  and 
faith  to  the  utmost  in  order  to  meet,  so  far  as  possible,  the  pressing 
and  increasing  demand  for  new  and  more  accessible  church  accom- 
modations. She  was  running  before  the  breeze  with  every  inch  of 
canvas  set  when  the  fiery  gale  of  the  ever-memorable  October  8th 
struck  her.  We  were  in  no  condition  to  receive  such  a  blow.  It  took 
us  at  disadvantage.  It  made  our  rallying  more  difficult.  This  con- 
dition was  one  of  our  principal  virtues.  A  more  conservative  policy 


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would  have  made  us  powerless  and  useless  in    the  hurrying  heroic 
city      We  acted  as  wisely  as  we  knew,  and  accepted  the  disadvai 
tage  of  our  adversity  as  in  the  order  of  Providence.     Herewith  we 
present  a  condensed  statement  of  how  the  fire  left  us. 

The    Garrett  Biblical  Institute  attracted    our    first  attentu 
fire    a  few  months  previous,  had  compelled  the  trustees  to  erect 
and  costly  buildings  on  the  Market  and  Lake  street  property, 
necessitated  a  debt.     The  great  fire  took  away  the  improvements 
stopped  the  income  ;    but  it    left  the  mortgages    and   the    accruing 
interest,  and  the  constant  expense  of  maintaining  the  school, 
institution,  -endeared  to  us  by  the  memory  of  its  founder  and  by  i 
having  trained  many  of  our  pastors,  seemed  on  the  brink  of  ruin 
if  not  beyond  our  aid.     This  property  was  encumbered 
of  *96  000,  and  at  the  rate  property  near  by  was  sold  immediately 
succeeding  the  fire,  would  have   scarcely   paid  the  mortgage  debt 
At  best,  the  Garrett  Biblical  Institute  with  its  indebtedness,    < 
be  counted  only  as  solvent. 

Grace  M.  E.  Church  was  situated  in  the  North  Division  of  the 
citv  on  the  N.  W.  corner  of  Chicago  Avenue  and  La  Salle  street. 
It  was  a  fine  stone  edifice,  costing  over  $100,000.  It  was  wiped  out, 
leaving  a  debt  of  $24,000,  and  a  society  and  congregation  every 
member  of  whom  was  burned  out  of  both  home  and  business 
that  was  left  was  the  encumbered  lot,  and  a  scattered 

people. 

Clark  Street  M.  K  Church,  or  the  Methodist  Church  Block,  hao 
been  the  mother  of  all  the  other  churches  and  the  rallying  point 
Methodism.     Its  large  and  steady  income,  devoted  to  church  extensi 
in  the  city,  had  enabled  a  goodly  number  of  struggling  societi 
build  and  become  both  self-supporting  and  aggressive  long  before  they 
otherwise  could  have  become  such.     The  large  credit  of  this  corpora- 
tion  was  in  use  to  the  extent  of  $32,000  in   the  purchase  of  lo 
mission  churches  and  in  aid  of  poor  churches.     There  was  left 
and  $32,000  debt,  and  how  much  good  insurance  we  could  not  1 

Trinity  M.  E.  Church  was  situated  south  of  the  fire,  but  seemed 
to  have  been  burned  up  without  having  been  actually  in  the  flames. 
It  was  on  this  wise.  The  society  were  taxing  themselves 
utmost  to  erect  a  church  adapted  to  the  community,  and  they  hac 
been  assured  and  this  was  generally  thought  wise  throughout  the  city 
Methodism,  that  liberal  aid  would  be  granted  from  the  Church  B 


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Their  edifice,  costing  about  $80,000,  was  approaching  the  completion 
of  the  lower  auditorium.  This  was  to  be  dedicated  in  a  few  weeks, 
when  the  debt  was  to  be  provided  for.  The  fire  burned  away  the 
business  and  fortunes  of  the  men  who  were  expected  and  expecting 
to  meet  these  obligations  already  incurred.  Thus  the  building,  con- 
ceived and  matured  in  a  style  worthy  of  the  city  and  of  the  church, 
stood  there,  within  a  few  weeks  of  completion,  with  the  sound  of  the 
workmen  hushed  because  they  could  not  be  paid,  and  the  voice  of 
the  contractors  not  hushed,  because  they  could  not  be  paid,  and  the 
membership  seeking  employment  with  which  to  provide  bread  for  the 
approaching  winter.  The  entire  debt  unprovided  for  was  believed 
to  be  nearly  $20,000. 

Van  Buren  Street  M.  E.  Church  (German)  was  a  fair  property, 
consisting  of  lot,  church  and  buildings.  The  fire  left  the  lot  with 
$12,837  indebtedness.  It  was  felt  to  be  dangerously  involved. 

Cly  bourne  Avenue  M.  E.  Church  (German),  was  well  started  in  a 
good  locality  for  the  future.  The  church  was  worth  $15,000,  and  the 
parsonage  $3,000.  The  fire  left  nothing  but  about  $6,000  of  indebt- 
edness against  the  lots.  The  society  seemed  burned  out  and  burned 
up.  The  vast  majority  were  thrown  upon  the  general  charity  for 
their  bread,  and  the  future  seemed  hopeless. 

Scandinavian  M.  E.  Church,  in  the  North  Division,  was  burned, 
leaving  about  $3,000  indebtedness. 

Michigan  Avenue  M.  E.  Church  (English),  was  a  new  enterprise 
undertaken  by  a  handful  of  brave  young  people.  The  church  cost 
about  $12,000.  It  was  nearly  ready  for  dedication,  and  like  Trinity 
it  was  burned  up  without  being  in  the  flames.  Most  of  the  members 
were  left  without  employment,  and  their  enterprise  was  crushed  by 
$6,000  of  debts. 

State  Street  M.  E.  Church  belongs  to  the  same  class,  only  it  was 
smaller,  with  less  indebtedness  ;  that  being  only  about  $2,000.  These 
are  the  enterprises  most  painfully  involved  in  the  conflagration. 

The  other  M.  E.  Churches  were  heavily  encumbered  even  for  ordi- 
nary times  ;  but  in  times  like  these,  instead  of  helping  the  afflicted 
they  were  actually  gasping  for  the  breath  of  life. 

Centenary  M.  E.  Church,  ranking  as  a  progressive  and  resolute 
people,  and  having  on  the  Sunday  of  the  fire  made  a  subscription 
toward  her  own  debt  of  over  $12,000,  was  so  badly  crippled  that  she 
could  not  promise  any  definite  salary  to  her  pastor,  and  had  to  receive 


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him  with  the  simple  assurance  that  "  if  they  could  pay  him  anything 
they  would."  And  for  the  time,  her  recent  subscription  was 
regarded  as  canceled.  Her  debt  was  $23,000,  and  her  ability  was 
never  large. 

Wabash  Avenue  M.  E.  Church,  famous  for  large  things  in  the  past, 
was  reduced  in  ability  and  scattered  in  membership.  The  parsonage 
in  rear  of  church  was  burned,  and  the  church,  much  damaged,  was  saved 
only  as  by  fire.  Her  debt  was  about  $15,000.  She  had  one  leading 
member  uninjured  by  the  fire. 

Park  Avenue  M.  E.  Church  was  under  a  debt  of  $9,000. 

Ada  Street  M.  E.  Church,  a  new  enterprise  created  by  the  liberality 
of  the  other  churches,  was  crippled  by  a  debt  of  $9,500. 

Grant  Place  M.  E.  Church  was  badly  burned.  The  fire  reaching 
within  a  few  doors  of  the  edifice,  cast  many  of  the  members  upon 
the  charity  of  the  world  ;  yet  their  debt  was  $4,300. 

The  loss  in  church  property  was  not  less  than  $300,000.  But  this 
loss  represents  only  a  small  part  of  the  actual  loss.  The  great  grief 
and  distress  was  beyond  all  this.  It  was  the  poverty  of  the  men 
and  women  upon  whom  the  church  had  rested  in  the  past.  With 
but  two  or  three  exceptions,  every  one  of  the  twelve  hundred  Metho- 
dists of  the  churches  destroyed  were  burned  into  poverty,  or  so 
reduced  that  they  could  not  be  relied  upon  to  carry  forward  the  great 
benevolent  enterprises  of  the  church. 

While  the  buildings,  erected  at  great  personal  sacrifice,  had  been 
swept  away,  and  the  fortunes  that  could  have  replaced  them  had  gone 
down  in  the  same  wild  storm,  there  remained  upon  the  neck  of  these 
homeless  and  fortuneless  ones,  church  debts  amounting  to  about 
$270,000.  Besides  all  this,  there  were  heavy  personal  obligations  pre- 
cipitated upon  them  by  the  fire.  These  facts  now  coolly  put  together, 
in  the  quiet  of  a  better  day,  indicate  to  what  an  extremity  we  were 
reduced.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  without  the  substantial 
aid  of  our  brethren  and  the  blessing  of  God  we  could  not  have  rallied 
with  the  new  demand. 

The  blow  struck  us  almost  senseless.  But  rallying,  our  people 
went  bravely  about  the  work  of  resurrection  and  creation. 

The  Committee  created  by  your  body,  settled  upon  a  plan  that 
justified  its  adoption.  It  consisted  in  recognizing  the  unity  of  our 
cause,  and  so  the  common  loss.  The  losses  of  every  charge,  their 
pressing  indebtedness,  their  possible  resources,  were  all  collected. 


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All  the  interests  of  all  our  societies,  German,  Swede,  English,  were 
passed  over  to  your  Committee.  It  was  felt  that  all  the  interests,  as 
well  as  the  general  cause,  would  fare  better  with  the  Committee  than 
they  could  separately.  This  great  indebtedness  was  treated  like  the 
needs  of  a  firm,  to  be  handled  with  exclusive  reference  to  their  most 
pressing  demands. 

Seeing  then  what  was  to  be  done,  your  Committee,  in  its  first 
meeting  on  Thursday  after  the  Conference,  called  upon  their  minis- 
terial brethren  to  step  forward  into  this  breach,  or,  more  strictly,  it 
was  the  spontaneous  purpose  of  both  laymen  and  preachers  to  devote 
themselves  to  this  work  till  our  cause  should  be  again  on  a  war 
footing.  It  was  agreed  to  send  our  brethren  to  all  the  leading  cities, 
and  ask  of  the  Denomination  help  to  save  the  Church.  This  was 
felt  to  be  a  delicate  and  embarrassing  work.  It  was  no  light  tax  on 
the  devotion  of  our  ministers.  They  left  their  families,  many  of  them 
homeless  and  breadless,  with  no  means  of  support  but  the  general 
assurance  of  the  laymen  that  they  would  divide  with  them  in  their 
absence.  We  said,  "  Go  tell  our  story,  and  we  will  care  for  your 
families,"  and  they  went.  The  next  Sabbath  they  were  in  all  the 
great  cities  of  the  North.  Drs.  Hitchcock  and  Dandy  were  in  Cin- 
cinnati and  Covington;  Drs.  Hatfield  and  Reid,  and  Rev.  C.  C. 
McCabe,  were  in  New  York  and  Brooklyn;  Dr.  Raymond  and  Rev. 
M.  M.  Parkhurst  were  in  Boston';  Dr.  Bannister  was  in  Central  New 
York;  Dr.  Bayliss  in  Buffalo;  Dr.  Thomas  in  Pittsburg  ;  Rev.  M. 
McChesney  in  Albany;  Rev.  E.  M.  Boring  in  Dayton,  O.;  Rev.  W. 
H.  Daniels  in  Central  Illinois;  Rev.  W.  F.  Stewart  in  Northern 
Illinois;  Rev.  Dr.  E.  O.  Haven  in  Baltimore;  Rev.  A.  Edwards  in 
Detroit;  and  Rev.  Dr.  C.  H.  Fowler  in  Philadelphia.  Our  wants 
were  great,  but  our  friends  were  greater.  While  we  stayed  at  home 
to  reorganize  our  plans  and  begin  again  our  fortunes,  our  pastors 
gave  themselves  to  the  reorganization  of  the  church. 

The  result  of  this  work  is  seen  in  the  report  of  the  Treasurer,  Mr. 
O.  Lunt,  which  is  given  in  detail  in  this  report.  It  aggregates  about 
$149,000,  besides  other  collections  not  coming  into  his  hands  for 
church  and  special  personal  relief,  of  over  $25,000.  This  munificence 
was  beyond  all  our  fondest  dreams.  It  was  a  new  revelation  of  life 
and  power  ;  only  those  who  were  in  the  experience  know  how  this 
cheered  our  hearts  and  put  us  at  advantage.  The  benevolence  of  our 
brethren,  so  great  before  the  fire,  was  surpassed  by  them  after  the 


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fire.  They  felt  like  rising  into  a  justification  of  the  high  confidence 
the  Denomination  and  mankind  had  reposed  in  them.  Some  men  in 
our  earlier  struggles  had  three  times  over  in  successive  dates  divided 
their  fortunes  in  the  middle  and  given  one-half  each  time  to  the 
Church.  But  now  some  seemed  to  give  more  than  all,  and  call  on 
the  future  to  pay  it.  Xot  a  single  church  was  aided  that  did  not  do 
vastly  better  than  they  were  asked,  and  thus  by  giving  in  their 
poverty  they  were  enabled  to  hand  back  to  the  weaker  ones  some 
portion  of  what  the  Committee  had  voted  to  their  credit.  Trinity 
made  a  subscription  that  filled  all  our  brethren  with  gratitude.  An 
individual  case  will  illustrate  many  more.  One  man  had  made  a 
subscription  of  $2,500  to  the  Trinity  Church.  The  fire  wiped  out  his 
entire  fortune,  and  it  was  felt  that  his  subscription  must  be  canceled  ; 
but  when  the  reports  came  in,  and  there  seemed  a  chance  for  life,  he 
renewed  his  subscription  of  $2,500  and  added  *1,000  to  it.  From 
the  day  after  our  first  fire  meeting — when  T.  W.  Harvey,  R.  F.  Queal 
and  C.  Busby  gave,  in  aggregate,  $15,000  to  the  common  fund,  to 
show  that  what  was  not  bunied  must  be  divided — to  the  day  of  the 
dedication  of  Ada  Street  Church,  our  last  field  day,  this  spirit  has 
possessed  oiir  people. 

The  money  received  from  the  church  was  divided  by  the  Committee 
among  the  several  interests  according  to  their  best  judgment, 
the  details  of  which  will  appear  in  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer's 
report. 

Be  it  said  to  the  credit  of  the  Church  and  to  the  glory  of  God, 
that  after  a  full  canvass  of  this  entire  question,  the  report  of  division 
was  unanimously  adopted.  The  spectacle  of  moral  grandeur  found 
in  the  benevolence  of  the  great  Church  at  large  was  not  marred  by 
selfish  contention  among  those  it  so  greatly  relieved. 

Your  Committee  feel  themselves  unable  adequately  to  express 
through  you  to  our  brethren  throughout  the  whole  Church  this  sense 
of  gratitude,  or  their  estimate  of  what  has  been  done  for  the  cause 
in  our  midst.  We  feel  that  success  is  the  best  return  we  can  make 
for  what  we  have  received.  Therefore,  we  herewith  submit  a  brief 
statement  of  our  present  condition. 

Garrett  Biblical  Institute.  The  trustees  have  rebuilt  on  the  old 
site,  corner  of  Market  and  Lake  streets  ;  the  new  block  is  larger 
and  better  than  the  old  one.  Though  it  was  built  when  the  prices 
were  all  inflated  and  so  at  great  disadvantage,  the  trustees  find  the 


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old  debt  augmented  but  about  $6,000,  while  the  income  from  the 
block  is  considerably  larger  than  it  was  before  the  fire.  This 
school  of  the  prophets  is  on  a  better  foundation  than  ever  in  the  past. 

The  Clark  Street  M.  E.  Church,  or  the  Methodist  Church  Block 
has  been  rebuilt  in  finer  style  than  before  and  is  yielding  a  larger 
income  ;  with  no  adverse  fortune  it  will  soon  liquidate  its  indebted- 
ness and  carry  forward  its  old  work  of  aiding  the  feeble  societies. 
The  lecture  room  of  this  church  was  dedicated  in  November,  1872, 
and  the  audience  room  is  almost  completed. 

Grace  M.  E.  Church  has  been  moved  a  little  farther  north,  and 
a  new  brick  church  has  been  built.  It  has  a  temporary  front,  but 
as  far  as  it  has  advanced  it  is  in  a  style  suited  to  the  community 
where  it  is  located.  The  basement  was  dedicated  in  Spring  of  1873, 
and  all  the  accrued  indebtedness  was  provided  for.  The  history  of 
this  society  is  intensely  interesting  ;  in  the  last  two  years  they  have 
kept  together  (no  small  achievement),  rebuilt  their  homes,  and  are 
now  in  comfortable  shape  for  the  future.  The  church,  when  completed, 
will  cost  $75,000  ;  cost  to  present  time,  $45,000. 

Trinity  M.  E.  Church  was  opened  for  service  in  January,  1872, 
by  the  dedication  of  the  basement.  The  subscriptions  on  that  day 
reached  the  sum  of  $23,000,  and  so  provided  for  the  indebtedness  up 
to  date. 

Van  Buren  Street  M.  E.  Church  (German)  have  steadily  urged 
forward  their  work.  They  are  now  erecting  a  church  block  on  the 
corner  of  Fourth  avenue  and  Van  Buren  street,  something  like  the 
Church  Block  on  Clark  street,  costing  about  $35,000. 

Clybourne  Avenue  M.  E.  Church  have  also  built  a  church  block 
on  Clybourne  near  Division  street  ;  it  consists  of  a  hall  for  worship, 
with  two  stores  underneath.  They  dedicated  their  hall  to  divine 
service,  June  29,  1873. 

Scandinavian  M.  E.  Church  has  done  nobly  ;  they  received  relief 
to  amount  of  $7,955,  and  collected  among  themselves  $10,118.  They 
have  a  fine  lot  84  feet  front,  a  temporary  chapel  on  corner  of  Oak  and 
Market  streets,  on  North  Side,  all  costing  $11,891;  also  on  West  Side 
on  May  street,  a  lot  97  feet  front,  church  50  by  75  not  finished,  and 
parsonage,  costing  $16,103,  a  debt  in  all  of  only  $2,700,  which  they  are 
expecting  soon  to  meet. 

Michigan  Avenue  M.  E.  Church  was  completed  far  enough  to 
dedicate  the  basement  Feb.  5,  1872.  The  building  when  completed 


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will  cost  825,000.  Having  met  their  obligations  so  far,  the  brethren 
are  now  proceeding  to  finish  the  upper  room. 

The  State  Street  M.  E.  Church  was  dedicated  December,  1871, 
and  cost  about  $4,000. 

Centenary  M.  E.  Church  has  paid  one-half  of  its  old  indebtedness. 

Wabash  Avenue  M.  E.  Church  has  had  a  peculiar  experience.  The 
U.  S.  Government  took  possession  of  the  church  for  the  Post  Office. 
They  give  a  fair  rent.  The  trustees  purchased  the  Olivet  Presbyte- 
rian church  on  the  corner  of  Wabash  Avenue  and  14th  street  for 
$60,000,  and  on  such  time,  that  the  rent  of  the  old  church,  will  about 
pay  for  the  new,  and  the  society  will  be  the  gainers  by  one  good 
church  property. 

Ada  Street  M.  E.  Church.  This  society  have  just  completed  their 
very  fine  audience  room  ;  it  has  been  done  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
denomination  in  the  city,  and  now  is  one  of  our  best  church  edifices. 
It  cost  $60,000  ;  there  remains  a  debt  of  $5,000  unprovided  for, 
besides  the  cost  of  the  lot,  $10,000,  which  is  a  part  of  the  obligations 
of  the  Church  Block. 

This  brief  statement  we  hope  will  show  our  friends  who  have 
taken  such  large  interest  in  Chicago  Methodism,  that  we  have  done 
something  to  keep  step  with  the  growing  city,  and  this  resultant 
we  feel  will  be  more  gratifying  to  them  than  any  resolutions  of 
thanks  we  might  be  able  to  draft,  could  possibly  be. 

We  have  extended  this  part  of  the  statement  with  greater  freedom, 
because  the  work  recited  is  not  specially  our  work,  but  is  emphatically 
the  work  of  the  entire  denomination  in  the  city  ;  men,  women  and 
children,  as  well  as  the  officers  of  the  churches,  have  worked  for  the 
ends  achieved,  and  our  commendations  are  for  them. 

We  can  never  express  our  sense  of  gratitude  to  the  whole  Church 
that  in  such  marvelous  manner  rose  up  for  our  relief.  We  sat  in 
the  ashes  of  our  churches  without  the  means  of  helping  ourselves; 
you  saw  us  and  came  to  our  side,  saying,  "  This  is  God's  cause,  and 
so  our  cause;  you  are  in  the  breach  where  mighty  work  must  be  done 
for  the  Master  ;  let  us  stand  by  you,  and  see  that  nothing  is  wanting 
to  your  success." 

We  have  learned  that  Methodism  is  a  great  universal  fact.  The 
connectional  bond  means  something.  It  is  not  merely  fine  sayings  in 
the  mouths  of  our  General  Superintendents,  but  it  is  a  great  vital 
truth,  making  the  Church  a  great  reality.  Now  the  Church  seems  to 
us  so  full  of  life  and  sympathy  that  you  cannot  touch  the  humblest 


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member  in  the  most  remote  circuit  but  every  other  member  in  the 
great  body  feels  it.  We  are  thus  parts  of  an  organism  that  means 
mutual  help  and  protection.  We  feel  that  we  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  whatever  concerns  any  member 
concerns  all. 

We  need  hardly  say  to  our  brethren  that  the  kindness  which 
felt  for  us  in  our  distress,  and  the  benevolence  which  came  so  nobly  to 
our  relief,  have  made  us  feel  that  we  are  debtors  to  you  all.  While  we 
would  keep  the  apostolic  injunction,  "  Owe  no  man  anything,"  we 
gladly  acknowledge  the  rest  of  the  sentence,  "  but  to  love  one 
another."  We  also  feel  that  in  a  holier  sense  than  ever  before,  we  are 
the  property  of  the  church  at  large. 

We  have  learned  new  trust  in  the  spirit  of  Christ  that  possesses 
and  permeates  the  entire  Church  and  society.  Christ's  spirit  has 
tamed  and  smoothed  the  wildness  and  roughness  of  our  natural 
barbarism,  till  now  the  helpless  command  the  strong  as  never 
before. 

The  report  it  has  been  our  privilege  to  make,  can  give  only  a 
hurried  view  of  events  that  are  the  most  memorable  in  many  lives  and 
that  might  fill  many  volumes.  Some  parts  of  it  may  seem  unworthy 
of  so  great  a  theme,  but  we  have  condensed  the  report  to  the 
simplest  statements. 

It  shows  a  healthy  condition  of  our  work.  But  it  does  not  show 
the  vast  fields  open  to  us  in  many  quarters  of  our  city  where  Methodist 
Churches  are  needed.  More  than  100,000  people  have  been  added 
to  our  population  since  we  made  any  new  stands,  or  developed  any 
new  enterprises  ;  we  could  place  many  thousands  of  dollars  if  we 
had  them,  where  they  would  secure  powerful  churches  in  a  few 
months.  We  are  in  a  marvellous  growth  ;  it  requires  wise  planning 
and  vigorous  execution  to  keep  up  with  the  growth  of  population. 
In  spite  of  all  we  can  do,  there  are  ungospeled  thousands  all  about  us. 
With  face  toward  the  future,  and  faith  in  God,  we  repeat  our 
gratitude  to  God  and  to  our  brethren,  and  crave  large  place  in  the 
prayers  of  those  who,  in  the  past,  gave  us  such  large  room  in  their 
benevolence. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

GRANT  GOODRICH,    Chairman. 
ORRIXGTON  LUNT,  Sec. 


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SECRETARY'S  REPORT. 


To  the  Rock  River  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  : 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  this  Conference,  held  Oct.  17,  1871,  the 
following  resolutions  were  presented  and  adopted  : 

WHEREAS,  a  sea  of  fire  has  swallowed  up  the  labor  and  the  gifts  of  years  invested 
in  trusts  and  objects  dear  to  the  Church  and  precious  to  the  world  ;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  Garrett  Biblical  Institute,  and  the  Clark  Street  Methodist 
Church  Block,  and  the  other  Methodist  Episcopal  Churches,  including  American, 
German,  and  Scandinavian,  which  have  been  overwhelmed  in  the  ruin  of  Chicago, 
are,  in  the  judgment  of  this  Conference,  justly  entitled  to  the  special  consideration 
of  the  entire  Church,  inasmuch  as  their  rescue  and  restoration  are  vital  to  the 
interests  of  Methodism  in  the  North-West. 

Resolved,  That  while  we  recognize  in  the  Trustees  of  the  Institute  and  of  the 
several  Churches,  the  proper  authorities  to  direct  their  re-establishment,  we  desire, 
as  a  Conference,  to  urge  the  most  prompt,  vigorous  and  comprehensive  action  of 
these  boards  of  trust  in  securing,  by  gifts  or  loans,  the  funds  necessary  to  this 
object. 

Resolved,  That  we  commend  the  representatives  of  this  Institute  and  of  these 
Churches  to  the  benevolence  of  the  Church  at  large,  which,  we  are  well  assured, 
will  not  suffer  these  precious  interests  to  perish. 

Resolved,  That  while  we  depend  upon  the  Trustees  of  the  Institute  and  several 
Churches  to  devise  their  own  plans  of  relief,  yet  we  would  recommend  that  the 
following  brethren  be  appointed  a  committee  to  appropriate  to  the  most  needy 
objects  all  funds  donated  for  the  above  purposes,  not  specially  applied  by  the 
donors,  namely  :  G.  Goodrich,  J.  K.  Botsford,  J.  G.  Hamilton,  R.  F.  Queal,  A. 
R.  Scranton,  A.  E.  Bishop,  E.  H.  Gammon,  G.  C.  Cook,  O.  Lunt,  T.  W.  Harvey, 
Wm.  B.  Phillips,  Simeon  Farwell,  C.  Busby,  Wm.  Wheeler,  F.  E.  Bradley,  J. 
E.  Wilson,  F.  Everett,  D.  H.  Pike,  J.  B.  Hobbs,  H.  Dickhaut,  F.  Fisher,  and 
J.  B.  Sirvertson. 

Immediately  after  the  adjournment  of  the  Conference,  the  Commit- 
tee were  called  together  at  the  Centenary  Church,  and  in  view  of  the 
above,  the  following  were  appointed  to  visit  respectively  the  fields 
assigned  them,  to  solicit  aid  in  behalf  of  the  above  objects,  viz.  : 

Miner  Raymond,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  M.  M.  Parkhurst,  Boston  and  New  England. 
Rev.  S.  McChesney,  Albany  and  Eastern  New  York. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Daniels,  Central  and  Southern  Illinois. 
Rev.  W.  F.  Stewart,  Northern  Illinois. 
Rev.  C.  G.  Truesdell,  Iowa. 


Chicago  Methodist  Relief.  15 

C.  H.  Fowler,  D.D.,  Philadelphia  and  vicinity. 

Rev.  Arthur  Edwards,  St.  Louis  and  Detroit. 

J.  M.  Reid,  D.D.,  R.  M.  Hatfield,  D.D..  Rev.  C.  C.  McCabe,  New  York  and 

Brooklyn. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Bayliss,  Indianapolis,  Buffalo,  and  Western  New  York. 
E.  O.  Haven,  D.D.,  and  T.  M.  Eddy,  D.D.,  Baltimore  and  vicinity. 
H.  W.  Thomas,  D.D.,  and  Prof.  J.  F.  Eberhart,  Pittsburg  and  Eastern  Ohio. 
W.  C.  Dandy,  D.D.,  L.  Hitchcock,  D.D.,  and  J.  M.  Walden,  D.D.,  Cincinnati, 

Kentucky  and  vicinity. 

Henry  Bannister,  D.D.,  Central  New  York  and  Wyoming  Conferences. 
Rev.  E.  31.  Boring  and  Rev.  R.  P.  Duval,  Central  Chio. 
Rev.  Albert  Ericsson  and  Rev.  A.  J.  Anderson,  for  the  Scandinavians. 
Rev.  C.  Loeber  and  Rev.  G.  L.  Mulfinger,  for  the  Germans. 
O.  H.  Tiffany,  D.  D.,  New  Jersey. 

It  was  understood  by  the  Committee  that  the  appeal  should  be  for 
the  general  cause. 

A  meeting  of  this  Committee  was  held,  Dec.  7,  1871.  Judge 
Goodrich  was  called  to  the  chair. 

On  motion,  Orrington  Lunt  was  elected  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of 
tliis  Committee. 

The  following  persons  were  elected  an  Executive  Committee,  viz.  : 
Grant  Goodrich,  Robert  F.  Queal,  E.  H.  Gammon,  Charles  Busby,  and 
A.  R.  Scran ton. 

A  full  report  was  made  by  the  brethren  who  were  appointed  to 
solicit  aid,  of  the  money  and  subscriptions  secured  to  date. 

On  motion,  the  Executive  Committee  were  requested  to  inquire 
into  the  indebtedness  of  the  Methodist  Institutions  and  Churches  of 
the  city. 

This  Committee  met  at  Centenary  Church  in  pursuance  of  notice, 
and  received  from  each  Church  and  Institution  the  statement  of  its 
liabilities  and  the  general  ability  of  its  members,  standing,  and 
condition. 

A  meeting  of  the  General  Committee  was  called  to  hear  their 
report,  Dec.  11,  1871,  at  which  meeting  the  following  report  was 
submitted  : 

The  Executive  Committee  to  whom  was  committed  the  duty  of 
examining  into  the  financial  condition  of  those  Churches  and  Institu- 
tions injured  or  destroyed  by  the  late  fire,  beg  leave  to  report,  that 
from  reports  to  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  liabilities  and  re- 
sources of  such  Churches  and  Institutions,  of  which  an  official  record 
has  been  made  by  your  Secretary,  and  which  has  formed  the  basis  of 


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our  action,  the  amount  of  subscriptions  then  reported,  Avith  what 
may  be  added  to  it  by  efficient  effort,  your  committee  believe  may  be 
estimated  at  $185,000. 

As  was  expected,  a  diversity  of  views  prevailed  among  the  members 
of  your  Committee,  impressed  as  each  one  was  with  the  pressing 
needs  of  the  Church  or  Institution  with  which  he  is  more  immediately 
connected  in  sympathy  or  responsibility. 

After  canvassing  the  necessities  and  interests  present  and  future  of 
the  several  subjects  seeking  aid,  their  influence  upon  the  prosperity  of 
the  cause  of  Christ  represented  by  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
your  Committee  finally  harmonized,  and  recommend  the  following 
resolutions  : 

Resolved,  That  in  discharge  of  the  duty  imposed  upon  this  committee  by  the 
resolution  of  the  Rock  River  Conference  under  which  we  were  appointed  to  dis- 
tribute the  funds  which  might  be  contributed  for  the  relief  of  the  objects  there 
indicated,  we  direct  that  all  such  funds  so  coming  to  the  hands  of  this  com- 
mittee, to  the  amount  of  $185,000,  be  distributed  on  the  following  basis  : 
To  the  Garrett  Biblical  Institute, . 

"      Grace  Church, ... 

"      Trinity  Church, -- -  17>°° 

"      Clark  Street  Church, 18,000 

"      Michigan  Avenue  Church,. 5,508 

"      State  Street  Church, 

"      Ada  Street  Church, - 

"      Swedish  Church, 

"      Two  German  Churches  burned  with  their  subscriptions, . . 

"       Grant  Place  Church,  upon  existing  mortgage, .. 

"      Oakland  Church, - 50° 

$185,000 

These  amounts  are  inclusive  of  all  funds  specially  designated,  except 
in  case  of  the  two  German  Churches. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  was  accepted.  Brother  Wheeler 
moved  that  the  resolution  of  the  Committee  be  adopted,  which 
was  passed  unanimously. 

The  Treasurer  was  requested  to  declare  dividends  at  such  times  as 
there  may  come  into  his  hands  sufficient  funds  to  amount  to  5  per 
cent.,  and  pass  the  same  to  the  credit  of  each  participant  pro  rata 
according  to  the  distribution  made  by  the  Committee. 

ORRINGTON  LUNT,  SeJy. 


Chicago  Methodist  Relief. 


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TREASURER'S  REPORT, 

With  R,eceipts  and  Disbursements  from  Nov.  1, 1871,  to  Aug.  15, 1873. 


The  Treasurer  would  state  that  a  small  portion  of  the  subscriptions 
were  made  to  specific  objects,  but  as  the  amount  granted  bv  the 
Committee  to  each  one  of  them  was  so  very  much  larger  than  the 
whole  of  the  amounts  so  specified,  no  note  is  made  of  it  in  this 
report. 

The  Treasurer  desires  to  return  his  grateful  thanks  to  all  of  our 
ministerial  and  other  brethren  with  whom  he  has  been  obliged  to 
press  his  correspondence  in  relation  to  the  collection  of  the  subscrip- 
tions, and  if  at  any  time  he  has  seemed  over  zealous  he  trusts  they 
will  pardon  him  and  accept  it  as  in  a  good  cause. 

The  receipts  are  here  reported  as  they  have  come  into  the  hands  of 
the  Treasurer. 

There  are  some  pledges  still  unpaid  and  some  amounts  collected  by 
the  brethren  not  yet  forwarded  to  the  Treasurer,  which  he  presumes 
will  soon  be  forthcoming. 

STATE    OF    MAINE. 


PAID  THROUGH  J.  P.  MAGEE. 

Sundries  at  Conference  

...     .      $11  00 

$66  00 

Brownville                _. 

9  00 

Cape  Elizabeth  Depot 

30  00 

Dover         ...                      ... 

12  00 

Ea*t  Rcadfield 

15  30 

Whiting 

5  00 

Peak's  Island                  -          

20  00 

Sheepscot  Bridge  

12  00 

22  00 

Winterport  .  .  

5  00 

50  00 

East  Bucksport 

2  00 

26  40 

East  Corinth               

16  50 

Kent's  Hill 

51  50 

Houlton 

8  00 

Bath  Beacon  St 

21  00 

Calais 

5  00 

12  00 

China 

4  00 

Bath    Wesley  Chapel 

60  25 

Eastport 

12  00 

35  00 

Pittston                             .  . 

2  00 

Scarboro 

13  20 

Harrington                

3  00 

Gardiner 

28  53 

Boothbav  

6  40 

Hallo  well 

31  55 

Hodgdon's  Mills 

8  10 

Bethel 

10  00 

Thomaston  

8  00 

Mercer                ..                 

6  50 

Bucksport  

7  50 

Newfield                                       

12  50 

Penobscot 

6  00 

East  Poland 

13  50 

Orrington 

20  00 

13  25 

Wiscassett 

8  00 

Kittery                                      

3  00 

Round  Pond  

18  75 

W.  Newfleld                      

10  00 

Mattawaumkeag  

200 

Portland                                     ..      .    . 

299  00 

Belfast   ....                 

18  50 

South  Standish               

2  00 

South  Deer  Island  

5  00 

Kev.  N.  Hobart... 

10  00 

North  Appleton... 

3  00 

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NEW    HAMPSHIR 

PAID  THROUGH  .T.  P.  MAGEE. 
Concord                                                        *108  f>0 

E    CONFERENCE. 
Bethlehem  

$  5  00 
70  60 
18  50 
12  00 
3  60 
5  00 
6  50 
6  50 
40  00 
19  50 
9  75 
10  00 
32  50 
25  00 
47  75 

$50  00 
2  50 
11  00 
10  00 
1  00 
1  75 
55  00 
15  00 
3  50 
22  00 
5  00 

123  00 
154  00 

$27  80 
10  00 
13  50 
8  00 
35  35 
17  60 
47  48 
14  20 
9  75 
51  50 
29  32 
50  00 
2i  Od 
16  00 
27  70 
20  18 
173  44 
282  49 
277  15 
59  00 
38">  30 
2  00 
10  00 
90  10 
2  00 
IOC  00 
185  00 
19  00 
72  00 
94  00 
97  26 
86  34 
136  38 
5  00 
905  41 
10  00 
55  00 

Nashua.  

Milan                            ... 

1  85 

Methuen                              

Haverhill,  1st  Church  

16  50 

Plaistow  

46  25 

Rindge 

Plymouth 

12  30 

Moultenboro        

North  Andover 

9  00 

Marlboro  

Epping                 

200 

South  Newmarket  

Tilton 

40  00 

Lebanon  

12  00 

Great  Falls  Hi<*h  St. 

Haverhill 

7  00 

West  Unity 

Hampton 

13  50 

Chichester  

Londonerrv 

5  00 

East  Salisbury                    

Groveton  

5  00 

Fisherville  

2  00 

Rochester                      

PAID  THROUGH  J. 
Wardsboro 

STATE    OF 

P.  MAGEE. 
$12  00 

VERMONT. 

West  Fairlee 

Stowe                

Bellows  Falls 

14  00 

Sheffield 

Newport                         

10  00 

Wilmington  

Fairfax.  .                  

925 

East  Barnard  ,  

Hi^hgate 

16  25 

Marshfleld 

Woodstock               

5  00 

St.  Albans 

Hartlancl                         

500 

Chtlsea  

5  00 

Bloomfield  ... 

Albany  Center 

..                   7  50 

Rochester            

Hardwick 

39  00 

Luiienburg                 -.. 

East  Burke              

21  00 

Burlington,  coll.  by  Rev.  S.McChesney, 
Nov.M871 

Guildhall          

2  10 

North  Dunvillc 

7  00 

Cabot 

10  00 

Vermont  Conference,  reported  by  Dr. 
Kynett,  Church  Extension,  July,  1872 

INFERENCE,    MASS. 

Coleraine 

Isle  La  Motte. 

4  25 

NEW 

PAID  THROUGH  J. 

ENGLAND   CC 

P.  MAGEE. 

$25  25 

Ludlow 

50  00 

Ware                        

42  00 

Shelburne  Falls 

Milford                           

30  00 

Fitchburg,  1st  Church  

679  05 

Weston 

Cnarlestown,  Union  Church 
Trinity  Chun 

65  00 

Hyde  Park 

;h  196  73 

Ipswich  

900  00 

Sudbury 

Cambridge  North  Avenue 

8  50 

Marlboro              .                         ... 

Willianisbur" 

4!.'  50 

Holliston           

25  00 

East  Cambridire 

South  Wilbraham 

12  35 

Hudson 

Gloucester,  Riverdale 

10  00 

Peabodv                             - 

Waltham 

48  45 

Bondville                           ..       

317  00 

Reading 

Townsend 

...                 6  00 

Springfield,  Trinity  Church 

Ashburnham           

14  20 

Florence  Street    .   

20  00 

Union   Mcetin01 

Oakdale 

10  00 

Holyoke 

Webster                          

74  65 

Lowell                                              .  . 

1  50 

Quincy  Point 

35  00 

Swampscott 

Chelsea  Walnut  S: 

125  00 

Heath  

2  50 

Groveland                

Southbridgc 

3  00 

Lynn                                                     

Wilbraham 

32  00 

Charleston,  Trinitv  Church 

Whitinsville 

11  61 

Watertown                              

Rockport 

16  00 

Westfield 

Ballardvale 

10  00 

Boston,  Broadway           ..                 

Chelsea,  Mt.  Bdlingham.-. 

26  76 

"      Grace  Church  

Brookfleld 

38  25 

"      Broomfleld  Street 

Gloucester,  Elm  St.  .. 

115  00 

"      Meridian  Street              

South  Hadley  Falls      

5  00 

"     Mission  

Westfleld 

50  00 

"      Tremont  Street                      

"         West  Parish 

13  00 

"      Washington  Street        

Newton  i... 

105  00 

"      Individual  Subscriptions... 

Chicago  Methodist  Relief, 


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PAID  THROUGH  T).  E.  POLAND. 

oston,  Box  coll.  at  Tremont  Temple.  $  315  64 
"       from    Subscriptions    made   at 
"       this  meetini>                                  1,041  75 

Lynn,  St.  Paul's  Church        

$  53  40 
2?  00 
18  00 
1,011  00 
900  00 
480  00 
255  00 
324  15 

$11  '45 
5  50 
14  00 
45  00 
21  00 
25  50 
6  00 
16  00 
50  00 
2  00 
22  00 
10  00 
10  00 
40  00 
15  00 
14  00 
8  00 
2  00 
356  11 

1,345  70 
44  00 

$20  00 

$100  00 
25  00 
50  00 
100  00 
100  00 
200  00 
50  00 
25  00 
25  00 

500  00 
217  00 
'15  00 
5,000  00 
1,000  00 

f    20  00 
100  00 
25  00 
50  00 

25  00 
5  00 

North  Bridgewater  

Yarmouth  Port 

Boston,  collected  by  M.  Parkhurst  
"              "          •'    Dr.  Raymond  
Worcester,  "          "    M.  Parkhurst  
Somerville,  "          "               "           
New  Bedford,  coll.  by  S.  McChesney  .. 

NFERENCE,    R.    1. 

Stafford  ville         

oston,  Highlands,  Bro.  Collyer  206  00 

"       Washington  Street                            35  00 

"       Dorchester  Street                              70  00 

"       Charles  Street                                    32  00 

PROVIDENCE    CO 

PAID  THROUGH  J.  P.  MAQEE. 
anover  $18  00 

Alarstou's  Mills        ... 

ast  Brid'*ewater                 3993 

Barnstable 

ast  Haddam                    .                              14  16 

Bristol               .  . 

ast  Thompson  500 

S;oughton               

ortland                      .                  ...                   27  00 

Gurleyville 

/est  Sandwich                                               10  50 

North  Rehoboth 

sterville  1025 

Burnsidc 

ocassett                      •                                    12  50 

Wellfleet 

orwich,  E.  Main  Street            .  55  80 

Somers 

"         First  Church  1650 

Plymouth                            

"         Sachem  Street                                11  00 

Chiltonville 

tafford  Springs                                               69  18 

Portsmouth 

orthEaston,  Washington  Street  7  25 
fillin"ton               .                                          7  46 

Thompsonville 

anieisville  .          38  50 

Windsvillu 

cnumcnt  29  00 

Eastford         .    . 

astham  ..           7  15 

North  Grosvendale 

Juth  Harwich  1000 

Fall  River,  St.  Paul's      ... 

ittle  Compton                                                11  00 

1872. 
July.      Providence,    paid    by    W.    H. 
Washburn,  Treasurer  

antucket         12  40 

ineyard  Haven                .                              14  00 

chuset  2200 

altic               6  50 

Providence  Conference,  through 
Dr.     Kynett,     Sec.     Church 
Extension  Society  

jituate  46  33 

rapping  .             13  00 

STATE    OF   C 

MERIDEN.  ^ 
pril  9.    J.  Pe^g,  Jr                                  $250  00 

ONNECTICUT. 

NEW  MILFORD. 

April  9.    Church  Exlension    Society, 
.     •  ,       by  Dr.  Kynett 

NEW  HAVEN, 
pri]  9.    Church  Extension    Society, 
by  Dr.  Kyuett               .             130  00 

NEW    YORK. 

1871. 
Nov.         S.   Crowell        

STATE    OF 

NEW  YORK  CITY  AND  BROOKLYN. 

The  following  amounts  were  collected  and 
sposited  in  Shoe  and  Leather  National  Bank, 
f  Rev.  Drs.  J.  M.  Reid,  and  R.  M.  Hatfleld. 
71. 
ov.          John  Stephcnson  $500  00 

J.P.Sutherland  

"            W.  M.  S. 

"            H.  Welch 

"             W  F.  H. 

"            D.  D.  Chamberlain  

Thomas  Carlton                            500  00 

J   P   Durbin 

Charles  Coin           ...                    50  00 

"            Robert  Laney  

Mamaroneck,    collected     by 
G.  J.  Senex                               600  00 

F.  G.  Reast  

"            Hanson  Place  Church,  collec- 
tion, Brooklyn  

N.  T.  Beers                                   250  00 

Matthew  Bud                                125  00 

Green  St.  Church  collection. 
Tuttle 

H.  M.  Forrest                                 125  00 

Jos.  Holdich  25  00 

James  McClair                               10  00 

"            Daniel  Drew  

"            J.  F.  Knapp  

Mrs.    Shelley  10  00 

PAID  TO  O.  LUNT,  TREASURER. 
1871. 
Dec  18.    D.  Terry  ', 

Sundry  Cash  Collections  26638 
J.  M.  H.                                            20  00 

A.  B.  Ross                                        25  00 

S.  H.  Fowler                                   25  00 

"   20     C   D.  Foss 

A  Friend  to  Methodists  50  00 
Siunmerfleld  Church                     618  47 

"    20.    J.  W.  Anton  

"    20.    J.  C.  Havemyer  

L.  Tread  well                       ...      100  00 

1872. 
Jan    20     George  Ilollis 

Jud're  Reynolds                            200  00 

J.M.Howe...                                  2500 

"    20.    Sands  Scott... 

20 


Report  of  Committee 


1872. 
Jan.  29. 

"     2!». 

Feb.  6. 

"  6. 

"  8. 

"  8. 


J.  H.  Taft 

Lady  member    Summerfleld 

Church 

J.  Falconer 

Geo.  J.  benex 

Dr.  Crooks 

John  Cottier 

J.  M.  Raymond 


"  12. 

"  16. 

"  16. 

"  19. 

"  19. 

"  23. 

"  23. 

Mar.  1. 

"  24. 

"  27. 

April  29. 

June  28. 

"    28. 


Aug.  19. 

"    19. 

"    19. 

"  19. 
Sept.19. 

"    19. 

"     19. 

"    19. 

"  19. 
Oat.  26. 
Nov.  12. 

"  18. 
Dec.  3. 
Nov.  4. 
April  5. 

1871. 
Nov.    6. 


Dec.  20. 
1872. 
Jan.  31. 
June    1. 
Oct.   30. 

1871. 
Nov.   9. 
1872. 
July  22. 

"    22. 


Geo.  J.  Senex 

W.  F.  Martin 

C.  J.  Barmnn 

J.  S.  Fountain. 

H.  T.  McCoun 

J.  L.  Stewart 

J.  Odell 

H.  Fellows 

W.  Ross 

Bishop  Janes 

J.  O.  Fowler 

Bigelow  &  Main 

J.  B.  Cornell 

Geo.  J.  Saxe 

T.   Rushmore 

B.  R.  Hard 

Collected   by     Rev.    W.    F. 

Studley 

F.  Humphreys 

A.  V.  Stout. 

Hoyt  Bros 

Bedford  Street  Church 

George  Fames 

J.  W.  Gillipsie 

Isaac  Henderson 

Richard  Kelley. 

Wm.  Trueslow 

S.  W.  F.  Odell,  for  S.  School 

John  Costice 

S.  W.  Andrews 

Jamee  M'Call 

James  Martin 

G.  N.  Powell 

John  A.  Riley 

S.  Barker 

H.  Dollin 

Mrs.  S.  W.  Sanders 

D.  B.  Favewearth 

Hanson  Place  Ch.,  Brooklyn 
Geo.  J.  Hamilton 

BUFFALO. 

Grace  Church,  collected  and 

forwarded  by  J.  H.  Bayliss 

Collected  by  J.  H.  Bayliss... 

Forwarded  by  H.  H.  Otis 


$500  00 

10  00 

100  00 
2,500  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
35  00 
50  00 

100  00 
25  00 

250  00 

100  00 
50  00 

100  00 
10  00 

100  00 
25  00 

100  00 
2,500  00 
50  00 
1,000  00 

200  00 

127  00 

50  00 
1,000  00 
2,500  00 
463  93 
100  00 
100  00 
500  00 
100  00 

25  00 
250  00 

50  00 
250  00 

50  00 
100  00 
100  00 

50  00 
1,000  00 
500  00 
250  00 
1,000  00 
753  10 
250  00 


ROCHESTER. 
E.  Occumpaugh, Treasurer.. 

Hiram  Davis,  Treasurer 

Oct.  24.    James  Tick 

ILLION. 

Nov.          M.  E.  Church,   collected  by 
S.  McChesney 

ALBANY. 

Hudson  St.  Church,  collected 
by  S.  McChesney 

Asti  Grove  Church,  collected 
by  S.  McChesney 


286  00 
556  35 
162  25 
102  56 

73  00 
203  25 
30  00 


538  12 

234  50 
343  14 
200  00 


1,000  00 


499  05 
322  50 


1872. 


Trinity  Church,  collected  by 
S.  McChesney $11000 

North  Pearl  Church,  coll.  by 
S.  McChesney ".  10728 

TROY. 

State  St.  M.  E.  Church,  col- 
lected by  S.  McChesney  . .  102  39 

North  Second  Street  Church, 
collected  by  S.  McChesney  342  00 

Washington  Street  Church, 
collected  by  S.  McChesney  243  00 

Joseph  Ilillman 100  00 

CHATHAM. 
Collected  by  S.  McChesney  .      302  55 

AMSTERDAM. 
Collected  by  S.  McChesney  .  55  00 

CASTLETON. 
Collected  by  S.  McChesney  .  60  50 

NEWBURGH. 
Collected  by  S.  McChesney  .  60  95 

ROCK  CITY. 

Mr.  West,  collected  by  S. 
McChesney 6100 

Sundry  Collections  at  differ- 
ent places  by  Rev.  S. 
McChesney 148  55 


1871. 


AUBURN. 
Dec.  29.    E.  H.  Townsend,  by  Dr.  Reid 
WARSAW. 


1872. 

July   9.    E.  F.  Grier 

BELLONA. 
July  31.    A.  F.  Countryman... 


FREDONIA. 
July  31.    A.  N.  Croft,  by  E.  A.  Johnson 


17  00 


1  00 


13  50 


90  00 


EAST  PORTER  AND  DICKERSONVILLE. 

Feb.    3.    J.  McLelland .  1600 

LIVONIA. 

Feb.    3.    J.C.Hitchcock 1500 

POTTER. 

Feb.  19.    B.F.Hitchcock 1  Oft 

RED  CREEK. 

Mar.  24.    T.M.Warner 3150 

ELMIRA. 

April8.    D.  Decker 10000 

"    19.    Collected  by  Chas.  S.  Z.  Case  55  00 

Oct.    2.           "         "  J.  Alabaster 56  00 

NEW  ROCHELLE. 
April  16.    Collected  by  C.  S.  Williams.      135  67 

GENESEO. 
June   7.    G.  W.  Paddock,  by  Dr.  Reid        70  00 


1872. 
July. 


Received  from  different  New 
York  Conferences  by  Dr. 
Kynett.  through  Church 
Extension  Society 1.050  00 


Chicago  Methodist  Relief. 


21 


STATE    OF    NEW    JERSEY. 


MADISONVILLE. 
1871. 

Dec.  13.    Dr.  Kidder... $50000 

"    20.    Drew   Seminary,   Professors 

and  Studeuts 15000 

NEWARK. 
1872. 
Jan.  20.    Newark  Conference,  by  A.  L. 

Pierce 1,110  12 

April25.    J.R.Adams.... 5000 

May  19.    Market  Street  Church 91950 

June  13.    St.   Luke's    Church,    J.    C. 

Ludlow,  Treasurer 78  34 

PENNINGTON. 

Mar.  21.    Dr.   Hanlon...  200  00 

May    2.    R.T.Martin 10400 


NEW  PROVIDENCE. 
1872. 
Feb.    9.    A.  M.  Palmer $500 

JERSEY  CITY. 

May  11.    Trinity  Church,  D.  Partine..      295  00 
July.         New  Jersey  Conference,  by 

Dr.  Kynett  through  Church 

Extension  Society 50  00 

Forwarded     through     John 

Milnes,  Esq.,  Treasurer  of 

Philadelphia:— 
Rev.  J.  B.  Graw,  P.  E.  New 

Jersey  Churches 791  74 

Rev.  J.  Stiles,  Bethel 55  00 

Rev.  E.  H.  Stokes,  P. E.  New 

Jersey  Churches 25  00 


STATE    OF   PENNSYLVANIA. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

1873. 
RECEIVED  FUOM  JOHN  MILNES,  ESQ.,  1 
Spring  Garden  Street 
M.  E.  Church..  $ 
Arch  Street       "           "      ..  . 
St.  John's          "           ' 
Green  Street     "           ' 
Trinity                            ' 
Ebenezer           "           ' 
Fletcher            "          ' 
Christ                             ' 
Tabernacle        "           " 
Twelfth  Street  "           "      .. 
St.  Paul's                        "      .. 
Central               "           " 
Salem                            " 
St.  George's       "           " 
Kensington        '           " 
Wharton  St.        '           "      .. 
Summerfleld       '           " 
Mariners'  Beth'l  '           •' 
Fifth  Street        '           "      .. 
Union                  '           " 
Paul  St.  (Frankford)    "      .. 
St.  Stephen's  M.  E.  Church.. 
Cohocksink       "           " 
Nineteenth  St.  "           " 
Eleventh  St.      "           "      .. 
Front  Street      "           "      .. 
Mt.  Zion,  (Manayunk)  " 
Fortieth  St.  M.  E.  Church.. 
Asbury                             " 
Summerton        "           " 
Cambria  St.  Mission     " 
Jenkintown  M.  E.  Church.. 
Milestown          "           " 
Fair  View          "           "      .. 
Coll.  not  specified,   "    " 

RECEIVED  BY  JOHN  MILNES,  Esq.,  T 

COLUMBIA. 
Mr.  Bruner             .. 

["REAS. 

3,812  96 
>,000  00 
J,237  87 
,785  46 
1,435  92 
1,013  78 
1  .000  00 
1,000  00 
825  50 
723  55 
682  00 
690  37 
654  92 
654  05 
507  57 
482  48 
330  40 
242  39 
240  35 
200  00 
187  00 
150  00 
130  00 
100  00 
91  00 
59  00 
42  00 
27  00 
10  00 
22  49 
9  50 
8  50 
6  00 
4  50 
293  72 

REAS. 

100  00 
41  50 
33  00 
18  25 

1871. 
Oct.  28. 

Nov.  16. 
Dec.    1. 

Dec.    1. 
1872. 
Jan.  31. 

1871. 
Dec.  20. 
1872. 
May  10. 

1872. 
Jan. 
April  30. 

Aug.  10. 

MILLERSBURG. 
W.  H.  Fries  

$2500 
83  00 
7  00 
600 
3  00 

11  41 
45  25 
43  00 
553  23 

85  50 

50  00 
9000 

806  00 
11500 

108  25 
6  90 

800  00 
1  00 

OXFORD. 
S  P  Hoffman. 

CORNWALL  CHURCH. 
E.  C.  Griffiths  

GRANT  VI  LLE. 
E.  M.  Gregory,  Supt.S.  School 

LEIGHTON. 
J.  Swindells    

SHULSBURG. 
W.  R.  Whiting  

NEW  WILMINGTON. 
H.  M.  Chamberlain      

WELLSBORO. 
D.  D.  Beck         

OIL  CITY. 
Collections  by  H.  W.  Thomas 
SEWICKVILLE. 
Collections  by  H.  W.  Thomas 

Grace  Church,  Chas.  Thorn. 
C  A  Holmes 

FRANKLIN. 
Collections  by  II.  W.  Thomas 
"        G.  W.  Brigham.. 
PLEASANTVILLE. 
C.  M.  Heard 

SHENANDOAH. 
J  R  Boyle 

HALIFAX. 
S.  B.  Best    . 

ROUSE  VI  LLE. 
Collected  by  H.  Norton  
CRESSONIA. 
J.  O.  Kiel... 

PERRYSBURG. 

H.  White... 

Report  of  Committee 


1872. 
May  19. 

Oct.  31. 

1871. 
Nov.  10. 

1872. 
Jan.  10. 
"     10. 
April  3. 

Jan.    6. 
"     6. 
"     6. 
"      6. 
"      6. 

1872. 
May  19. 
Oct.    7. 

TITUSVILLE. 
D  C  Osborne                   

$132  00 
54  90 

10  00 

17  15 
43  00 

394  41 
10  50 
7  00 
20  00 
15  45 
'30  00 
E   OF 

1,200  00 
700  00 
5  00 

1871. 
Jan.    6. 
"      6. 
"      6. 

"      6. 
"      6. 

"      6. 

1872. 
Jan. 

June. 

1871. 
Nov. 

DELAV 

1872. 
Feb.  28. 

PENN. 
W.  H.  Roup... 

$39  00 
3  25 
5  00 

80  00 
67  00 
40  00 

25  00 
17  50 
29  75 
33  40 

100  00 
50  00 

100  00 

$250  00 
46  00 

MEADVILLE. 
J  M.  Lehart 

H.  J.  Smith.... 

Samuel  Lindsay,  J.  A.  Moore 
ALLEGHANY  CITY. 
Beaver  St.  by  C.  W.  Smith.. 
JOHNSTON. 
J.  A.  Miller 

PITTSBURG. 

Ames  Street  Church,   S.  Y. 
Kennedy      

BEAVER. 
W.  H.  Locke. 

Wesley  Chapel,  J.  J.  Mclllyar 
Trinity  Church,  R.  Morrow.. 
Smithfleld  St.  Church,  A.  B. 
Leonard 

GREEN  CT. 
J.  A.  Aken  

RICHMOND  CT. 
T.  H.  Wilkinson                

LEESVILLE. 
Geo.  Crook...  .  .          

TARENTUM. 
W   D  Stevens 

BEAiLSVILLE. 
J.  L.  Stiffey 

LEETONIA. 

.      DUXENBURG. 
A.  R.  Rich  

HARLEM  SPRINGS. 
G.  W.  Dennis 

BERWICK. 

W.  H.  Wooden,  by  Dr.  Haven 
C.  R.  Wooden,    "          •' 
Erie  Conference,  by  Dr.  Ky- 
nett,  through  Church  Ex- 
tension Society  

WATTSBURG. 
J.  O.  Oshorne  

STAT 

WILMINGTON. 
G.  W.  Sparks,  Treas.             $ 

/ARE. 

G.  W.  Sparks,  Trea-1. 

Delaware    Conference,     Dr. 
Kynett,    through    Church 
Extension  Society..  . 

Rinsr  sold.  C.  H.  Fowler... 

STATE    OF    MARYLAND. 


1871. 
Nov.   3. 


BALTIMORE. 


Charles  St.  M.  E.  Church,  col- 
lected by  Dr.  Haven $1 

Huntiugton  Ave.  Church,  Dr. 

Haven 

Jackson  Square  Church,  Dr. 

Haven 

Canton  Church,  Dr.  Haven.. 
City  Station  Church,  Dr. 

Haven 

Union    Square    Church,  Dr. 

Haven 

West  River  Ct.,  Dr.  Haven.. 
Sundry  col'tns  bv  Dr.  Haven 
1872. 
Jan.    7.    D.  H.    Carroll,  by   J.   Tho. 

Smith,  Treas 

Union  Square  Ch.  by  J.  Tho. 

Smith.   Treas 

Mrs.  Quail,  by  J.  T.  S..  Treas. 
R.  C.  Raw!  ins.  by  J.  Tho. 

Smith,  Treas 

D.  Morgan,  bv  J.  T.  S..  Treas. 
A.  Abbott,  by  J.  T.  S.,  Treas. 
Wesley  Chapel,  by  J.  Tho. 

Smith,  Treas 

Right  St.  Church,  by  J.  Tho. 

Smith,  Treas 


,114  61 
135  00 

15  00 
3  60 

110  00 

75  20 

10  00 

210  00 

100  00 

29  00 
5  00 

5  00 
20  00 
10  00 

68  40 

40  00 


1872. 

Harford    Ave.,    by   J.   Tho. 

Smith.  Treas $7250 

Mrs.  R.  F.  Thompson,  by  J. 

Tho.  Smith.  Treas 10  00 

P.  B.  Doremus,  by  J.  Tho. 

Smith.  Treas 500 

Grace  Ch.,  by  J.  T.  S..  Treas.      225  00 
BloomingtonCt.,  J.  Edwards, ' 

Treas _ 700 

Mar.    7.    Baltimore  St.,  by  Dr.  Fisher, 

Treas 3100 

Broadway  Church,  by  J.  Tho. 

Smith, Treas 12500 

Madison  Ave.,  by  Dr.  Sims, 

Trens CO  00 

MissG.  S.  Cadden,  byJ.  Tho. 

Smith,  Treas 7  00 

Emory  Church,  by  J.   Tho. 

Smith,  Treas 7500 

J.  W.  D.  Pent/,  by  J.  Tho. 

Smith.  Treas 10000 

W.   E.   Hooper,  by  J.  Tho. 

Smith,  Treas 16200 

Eutaw  St.,  A.  H.  Ames,  by  J. 

Tho.  Smith,  Treas 97  25 

Mar.  29.    Snmmerfleld    Ct..  C.  McEl- 

fresh,  by  J.  T.  S.,  Treas.         52  00 


Chicago  Metliodist  Relief. 


1872. 

1873. 
Feb.  13. 

S.  H.  Cummings,  by  J.  Tho. 
Smith,  Treas  

$25  00 
100  00 
5  00 

100  00 
25  00 

CT   OF 

and  col- 

$50  00 
50  00 
50  00 

50  00 
70  00 
50  00 
75  00 
50  00 
50  00 
35  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 

1872. 
May  16.     Collected  by  Dr.  Sims 

$345  05 
500  00 
500  00 

71  00 

$25  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
14  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
15  CO 
10  00 
10  00 
13  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
10  00 
6  00 

107  no 

Sept.  20.     H.  W.  Drakely,  by  J.  Tho. 
Smith,  Treas.. 

Jas.  Boyce.  Madison  Ave.,  by 
J.  Tho.  Smith,  Treas  
J.  G.  Moore,  Great  Falls  Ct., 
by  J.  Tho.  Smith,  Treas.  .  . 

W.   II.   Pitcher,   by  J.  Tho. 
Smith,  Treas. 

July  21.    Thos.  Kelso,  by  Dr.  Kynetr, 
through  Church  Extension 

ANNAPOLIS. 
Mar.    7.    First    Charge,    by   J.    Tho. 

A.  S.  Clayton  .. 

DISTRI 

WASHINGTON. 

Subscriptions  obtained  by  Dr.  Haven 
lected  by  T.  L.  Tullock,  Treasurer  :— 
1871. 
Nov.          Rev.  ,T.  P.  Newman.  

•    COLUMBIA. 

Rev.  B.  P.  Brown  

John  A.  Graham  ... 

John  Allison.      .             

Rev.  J.  M.  Green  

Rev.  Bro.  Wilson 

Thos.  L.  Tuliock  

Rev.  Bro.  Hoover 

Rev.  J.  E.  Parker  

L.  C.  Tallmadge 

Wesley  Chapel  S.  S.  Infant 
class  

Mrs.  J.  E.  Parker  

Geo.  A.  Bassett 

John  A.  Ruff  

Albert  P  Tasker 

Rev.  J.  H.  Dashiell  

John  C.  Tasker 

William  P.  Woodward. 

Mrs.  Rev.  Dr.  McCauley  
Charles  W  Kcyes 

Rev.  J.  M.  Davidson  

Metropolitan  M.  E.  Ch.  S.  S. 

Edward  Owen 

"           Infant  Class..  . 
William  Burrisa  

Mr.  Jones  

Mrs.  Hartsix 

Benjamin  Chalton      

Rev.  Chas.  C.  Burr  and  wife 
Cash  collect'ns  by  Dr.  Haven 
and  small  subso'ns  rnllep.'rl 

Dr.  F.  Howard 

Geo.  W.  Linville... 

STATE    OF    KENTUCKY. 


COVINGTON. 


LEXINGTON. 


1871. 
Nov.  16. 

1873. 
Feb.  12. 
July  11. 
Sept.  6. 

1871. 
Dec.  20. 

1871. 

Nov.  16. 

"     16. 
"    16. 
"     16. 
"    If). 
Feb.  17. 
"     17. 
"    25. 
June  20. 
Oct.  28. 
Mar.    1. 
"      3. 
"      3. 
"      3. 
"      3. 

J.  D.  Heame  

$50  00 

1871. 
Dec. 

Nov.  11. 
Dec. 

Ap'l  27. 
July  15. 

)F    OHI 

1871. 
Mar.   3. 
"    11. 
July  11. 
Oct.  28. 
Mar.  11. 
April  29. 
May  11. 

"    11. 
July  15. 
Sept.  28. 
"    28. 
Oct.  23. 

July 

J.P.  Shaw  

$50  00 
50  00 
25  00 
75  00 
20  00 
50  00 
20  00 
20  00 
31  00 
120  00 

$100  00 
200  00 
200  00 
200  00 
50  00 
103  05 

110  56 
100  00 
300  00 
25  00 
1,000  00 
1,000  00 
4  10 

.335  00 

j   D    Shutt 

9^  nn 

Main  St.  Church,  J.  Bush...        35  00 
J    Blick                                            inn  on 

Emma  and  Mag.  Shaw  •_. 
Ann  Pleasants  

Geo.  Stole  

R.  S.  Miller  

100  00 

Jas.  Mil  ward  

A    Shinkle 

500  00 

GEKMANTOWN. 
Rev  II  C  Northcutt 

8  65 

Sundry  coll.  by  Dr.  Dandy  
Geo.  E.  Strowbridge  

ASHLAND. 
J.  W.  Zimmerman 

16  00 

H.  Shaw,  Jr.. 

0. 

Robert  Jones  ... 

CINCINNATI. 

Collected  by  Dr.  Dandy 
Jos.  J.  Larkin        

STATE    C 

$200  00 

John  Coehnower        

E.  Sargent  

300  00 

it 

Jas.  H.  Laws 

100  00 

G.  W.  Hamilton 

J.  J.  Wright 

100  00 

N.  W.  Harris 

Jas    Gamble 

100  00 

Walnut  Hills  Church,  by  Dr. 
Dandv  ..  .        

John  Phoff 

100  00 

C.  Mead 

100  00 

Woodruff  &  Sons 

John  R.  Wright,  and  hit 
Wm.  Glen  &  Sons    . 

340  16 
346  83 
....      353  33 
1,000  00 

H.  De  Camp 

Prof.    Rugbec                  .     . 

Joseph  Hall 

James  M.  Swormstedt,  note 
Int.  on  Notes  paid 

C.  W  Rowland 

200  00 

Thos.  Jones        

100  00 

Ohio  Confer.,  by  Dr.  Kynett, 
through  Church  Extcn.  Soc 

J    C  Brookes 

100  HO 

Wm.   Wood... 

100  00 

24 


Report  of  Committee 


1871. 
Nov.  16. 

Dec.  26. 

Feb.  15. 
"     15. 
April   5. 
May  31. 
April  5. 
May    8. 
June   6. 
"    10. 
July    6. 
Sept.  2. 

1871. 
Dec.  12. 
1872. 
Feb.  12. 
Nov.  16. 

1871. 
Dec.  12. 
1872. 
Sept.  30. 

1871. 
Dec.  12. 
April  18. 
Dec.  12. 
1872. 
Sept.   9. 
June  12. 

1872. 
Jan.  29. 
Sept.  7. 

1872. 
Feb.  12. 

"    12. 
"    12. 
"     12. 
"     12. 
-     12. 
"    12. 
"     12. 
"     12. 

"     12. 
May    1. 

Feb.  12. 

DAYTON. 

Sundry  persons  and  Churches 
collected  by  Dr.  Dandy  
D    W.  Engle        

$425  53 
75  00 
21  50 
50  00 
25  00 
30  00 
25  00 
40  00 
100  00 
50  00 
100  00 
100  00 

205  85 

182  50 
28  11 

194  05 
110  00 

71  03 
107  00 
113  25 

85  00 
10  00 

513  00 
180  00 

6  44 
1300 
8  75 
15  00 
10  25 
22  30 
16  12 
12  00 
13  00 

73  30 
60  50 

16  25 

1872. 
Feb.  12. 

"    12. 
"     12. 
"     12. 
"     12. 
"     12. 
"     12. 
April  1. 
May    1. 
"      1. 
"      1. 
"      1. 
"      1. 

a 

"    i. 

"    i. 
"    i. 

July   6. 

Sept.  2. 
Oct.  30. 

June  30. 
"    30. 
"    30. 

1871. 
Nov.  16. 

"    16. 
"    16. 

WASHINGTON. 
S.  A.  Kean  

$46  13 
21  30 
20  00 
61  20 
2  50 
169  50 
4  00 
418  02 
10  35 
7  00 
26  00 
5  00 
2  00 
15  30 
9  75 
39  00 
16  63 

17  00 
5  00 

25  00 
36  75 
15  00 

5  50 
13  00 
32  35 

CALIFORNIA  CT. 
R.  D.  Anderson 

Collected  by  Dr.  Dandy  
H    E    Parrbtt      

MT.  PLEASANT. 
J.  N.  Kean 

J.  S.  Frizzell               

B  C.  Taylor 

FRANKLIN. 
J  B  Smith 

T.  Collett,  Ruper  Chapel  
F.  Clegg        

H  J    Emory 

GREEN   SPRINGS. 
M  T  Thomp*on 

S.  M.  Sullivan  
A.  DeCamp  

COLUMBUS. 
Wesley  Chapel,  E.  M.  Boring 

Town  St.,  A.  Van  Ada  
J.  H.  Gardner  

HAMILTON. 
S.  M.  Griffith  

BUENA  VISTA. 
T.  S.  Stivers  

AKRON. 
W.  W.  Rumsey 

TOLEDO. 
Collected  by  Dr.  Reid 

METAMORA  CT. 
Jas.  Long       .      

A.  P.  Millar,  St.  Paul's  Ch... 
CLEVELAND. 

Euclid  St.  Church,  Dr.  Reid 
"    C.  N.  Grant 
Franklin  St.,  sent  by  Dr.Reid 

"     J.B.MarshalL. 
YOUNGSTOWN. 

James  Wilson,  Treasurer... 

DECATUR. 
W.  J.  Quarry..  

WILLIAMSBURG  CT. 
F.  G.  Mitchell  .           .... 

ELIDA  CT. 
C.  Farnsworth  

MARATHON. 
H.  McDonald  

BLOOMFIELD. 
B.  A.  Disway      

IINGO  AND  MT.  TABOR  CT. 
D.  Whitman  

SOUTH  PERRY. 
W.  T.  Jones 

LOCKINGTON. 
W.   Rector 

MUNROE. 
J.  T.  Pail  

SWAN  CREEK. 

RAVENNA. 
W.  D.  Fay  

ADA. 
J.  H.  Hill 

MIAMISVILLE. 
R.  K.  Deem  

BUFFTON. 
J.  J.  Finley 

Central     Ohio     Conference, 
Rev.  H.  Warner 

PAINSVILLE. 
J.  S.  Youmans  

MIDDLEPORT. 
J.  D.  Fry  

McCO  NNERSVILLE. 
B.  E.  Edgell                

BARLOW. 
J.  L.  Durant  

WINTERS  VILLE. 
Alexander  Scott       

BOONEVILLE. 
W.   Glen  

MALTA. 

CHESTER. 
J.  F.  Dickinson  

UNION  CT. 
J.  Verity. 

WHEELERSBURG. 
W.  Morris  

BELPRE  CT. 
J.  Van  Law... 

RICHMOND. 
P.  B.  Davis... 

Chicago  Methodist  Relief. 


25 


1871, 
Nov 


MIAMISBURG. 

16.    J.  P.  Shultz 

MORROW. 
"    16.    N.  C.  Parish 

LANCASTER. 
"    16.    Collected  by  E.  M.  Boring.. 

LONDON. 

"    16.    Collected  by  E.  M.  Boring.. 

MECHANICSBURG. 
"    16.    E.T.Welles 

GREEN  SPRINGS. 
Dec.  20.    T.Thompson 

FREDERICKSBURG. 
S.  C.  Franks... 


20. 


20. 


20. 


20. 


20. 


20. 


20. 


20. 


20. 


80. 


20. 


FREMONT. 

W.  W.  Winter., 

WEST  LNITY. 
J.  R.  Colgrave... 


DELAWARE. 

St.  Paul's  Church,  by  J.  H. 
Creighton 

BETHEL. 
R.  E.   Smith... 


BUTLERVILLE. 
E.  C.  Smith 

WTILLIAMSBURG. 
B.  F.  Thomas... 


CLINTONVILLE. 
L.  Taft 

WAYNESVILLE. 

W.  H.  Lawder 

WEST  LANCASTER. 
L.  F.  Drake 

KINGSTOWN. 
E.  II.  Dixon... 


$  9  18 

1871. 
Dec.  20. 

5  30 

"  30. 

48  60 

'•  20. 
Mar.  12. 

40  40 

Dec.  20. 

100  00 

"  20. 

40  00 

"  20. 

3  75 

"  20. 

4400 

"  20. 

60  00 

"  20. 

70  00 

"  20. 

20  20 

1872. 
Jan.  1. 

30  00 

30  00 

"  31. 

40  00 

Feb.  2. 

1830 
21  00 
18  25 

1872. 
Sept.  9. 
1871. 
Dec.  16. 

1872. 
Feb.  12. 
"  12. 

DERBYSVILLE. 
S.  Rankin 

MADISONVILLE. 
D.  C.  Vance 

GALLIOPOLIS. 
J.  E.  Morse. 


Mrs.  Gibbons 

HILLIARD. 

L.  Cunningham 

REYNOLDSBURG. 

R.  B.  Bennett 

BUTLERVILLE. 

E.G.  Smith... 

PORTSMOUTH. 

Bigelow  Chapel 

ROME. 

T.  S.  Stevens 

ATHENS. 
E.  H.  Heagton 

ST.  PARIS. 
E.  H.  Field 

LUCASVILLE. 

J.  W.  Wakefleld 

BLOOMFIELD. 
B.  A.  Deserey 

EATON. 
Collected  by  E.  M.  Boring.. 

LONDON. 
Collected  by  J.  F.  King 

MISCELLANEOUS. 
Sundry  Coll.  by  Dr.  Reid... 


$37  00 
30  00 


126  00 
10  00 


55  40 

65  00 

10  00 

202  55 

3  00 

35  00 

5  00 

10  00 
26  70 
42  00 
194  00 

50  00 


From  a  friend  for  Garrett  B. 
Institute,  sent  O.  Lunt,  T.   1,000  00 


Sundry  Coll.  by  E.  M.  Boring 
West  Union  St.,  W.M.  Boyce 


92  95 
15  65 


STATE   OF    INDIANA. 


1871. 
Oct.  27. 
Dec   20 

INDIANAPOLIS. 

Geo.  Tousey,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 
F.  C.  Holiday                

$30C  00 
101  90 

1871. 
Oct. 

27. 

1872. 
Feb     3 

J  H  Baylies          .    - 

154  00 

Nov 

16. 

.April  5. 

Geo.  Tousey,  Jr.,  Treasurer. 

117  50 

300  00 

Dec.  16. 
Feb.  27. 
Mar  18 

SOUTH  BEND. 
Collected  by  F.D.  Hemenway 

C    Studbraker 

202  45 
50  00 
70  00 

Dec. 

20. 
20. 

G  M  Boyd                        

70  00 

1871. 

MT.  VERNON. 
H.  C.  Harlow... 

3  00 

20. 
20. 

MAYSVILLE. 

H.  Runyean $500 

LEBANON. 

J.  Foxworthy 1000 

NEW  CARLISLE. 

F.  Taylor 

PITTSBURG. 

20.    J.E.Wright 

ROCKPORT. 
J.  E.  Branch 

WORTHINGTON. 
J.   Whartou 15  00 


6  35 


6  00 


50  00 


26 


Report  of  Committee 


1872. 
Jan.  13. 


"  13. 

"  13. 

"  31. 

"  31. 

"  31. 


DECATUR. 

F.  A.  Robinson $11  25 

WOLCOTVILLE. 
S.  C.  Miller 

LOGANSPORT. 
•N.  Gillem 

ANDERSON. 
W.  H.  Goode 

LAGRANGE. 

E.  Holdstock 

GOSHEN. 
J.  C.  Mokin... 


41  10 

42  00 
5  00 
5  00 

28  50 


VALPARAISO. 
1871. 

Dec.    1.    J.  W.  Forbes.. 
1872. 
Feb.  19.    Collected  by  Dr.  Raymond.. 

PUTNAMVILLE. 
Feb.  19.    A.W.Evans 

RICHMOND. 

Mar.  12.    Mr.  Miller 

May  10.    J.  S.  Hunt 

ERIE  CT. 
"      1.    J.  S.  Wall... 


•Tuly. 


$  6  00 
50  70 

5  00 


11  00 
30  00 


15  00 


Received  from  Dr.  Kynett 
through  Church  Ext.  Soc. 
from  Indiana  Conference  23  00 


1871. 
Nov. 


DUBUQUE. 

Collected  by  C.  G.  Trueedell    $864  00 
E.  K.  Young....        75  00 


1872. 
May  14. 


1871. 
Nov. 
1872. 
Jan.  11. 
April  10. 


1871. 
Nov. 
Dec  20. 


1871. 
Nov. 
1872. 
April  10. 
July"  5. 
1873. 
June  30. 


NEW  HARTFORD. 

L.  D.  Tracy,  note 

WATERLOO. 

Mrs.  Miller 10000 

Edmund  Miller,  80  acres  land 

G.  Miller 50  00 

LYONS. 

Collected  by  C.  G.  Truesdell      168  05 
O.  McMahan,  Treasurer 29  00 

CLINTON. 
Collected  by  C.  G.  Truesdell      209  65 

W.  J.  Young 50000 

Collected  by  C.  G.  Truesdc41       37  00 
C.  H.  Toll 10000 

SABULA. 
G.  R.  Mannering 1  00 

DAVENPORT. 

Collected  by  C.  G.  Truesdell  302  00 

E.  G.  Wait 1500 

Collected  by  C.  G.  Truesdell  97  60 

C.  T.  Streeper..  1500 

IOWA  CITY. 
Collected  by  C.  G.  Truesdell      139  00 

75  00 
25  00 


STATE  OF  IOWA. 

MUSCATINE. 
1872. 
April  10.    Collec:ed  by  C.  G.  Truesdell     $90  00 

MARSHALL. 
1873. 
10000    \   May    8 1663 

DBS  MOINES. 


J.  H.  Fairall 

C.  L.  Mozier,  Treasurer 167  00 

Sundry  Collections  by  C.  G. 
Truesdell 23  12 


Mar.    1.    D.  M.  P.  Ingalls. 
Nov.  16.    C.  C.  Nourse  ... 


1872. 
May 


1871. 
Dec.  20. 


20. 


OSCEOLA. 


H.  E.  Seigler.... 
C.  G.  Truesdell 


ROCKINGHAM. 

A.  N.  Lee 

MT.  AYER. 

W.  T.  Smith 

COLFAX. 


1872. 

AprillO.    W.  C.  Roby 

EPWORTH. 
L.  Hartsough 


31. 


CORYDON. 

"    31.    E.H.King 

CHARLOTTE. 

Mar.    1.    J.  H.  Gihvorth 

LINN  GROVE. 

"      1.    E.G.  Wait 

WYOMING. 

April   1.    R.  C.  Barnes 

SIOUX  CITY. 
Oct.  31.    H.  O.  Ball... 


J.  Jackson 


45  00 
50  00 


35  00 
16  75 


5  00 

6  20 

2  50 
85  00 

8  65 
18  00 

7  00 
16  75 


25  00 
25  00 


STATE    OF    ILLINOIS. 


1871.  ROCK  ISLAND. 

Nov.    1.    C.  C.  Knowlton $25270 

CARLINVILLE. 
"      1.    W.Stevenson...  5650 


1871 
Mar.    9. 
1873. 
Feb.  15. 


W.Stevenson $5000 


50  00 


Chicago  Methodist  Relief. 


1871. 
Oct.  27. 
1872. 
July    1. 
April  25. 
1871. 
Oct.  29. 
1872. 
Jan.    1. 
Mar.    1. 
Dec     9 

JACKSONVILLE. 
Centenary  Ch.,  N.  P.  Heath.. 

West  Charge,  E.  Cranston... 
W.  Thomas 

$18316 

149  00 
112  00 

35  25 

190  00 
110  00 
100  00 

1871. 
Nov.  26. 

"    26. 

"    26. 
"    26. 

MOUND  CITY. 
Collected  by  W.  H.  Daniels. 

CANTON. 
Collected  by  W.  H.  Daniels. 
GEORGETOWN. 
Collected  by  W.  H.  Daniels. 
Sundry  Collections    at  nine 
places  by  W.  H.  Daniels.  .. 

$  5  00 
20  15 

42  00 
146  05 

Nov.  12. 

Jacksonville  Circuit,  W.  E. 
Johnson  

42  00 

"    26. 

MAHOMET. 
H  C  Adams 

55  00 

1871. 

ROCKFORD. 

"    26. 

DECATUR. 
J.  H.  Noble  

123  50 

Dec.    7. 

J,  L.  McKoWn 

257  75 

1872. 
Mar.  18. 

215  00 

"    26 

DECATUR  CT. 

50  5Q 

Feb.  20. 

it 

108  00 

Oct.  30. 

J.  M.  Caldwell 

45  00 

( 

JILEAD  AND  BLUE  MOUND 

1873. 

"    26. 

I.  Emerson  

27  15 

Feb.  20. 

Court  St.,  D.  P.  Gray,  Treas. 
DANVILLE. 

300  00 

Dec.  20. 

BENTON. 
L.  Casey  

15  00 

1871. 
Nov.  15. 
1872. 

Kimber  Ch.,  Geo.  Stevens.. 

120  00 

"    20. 

PEKIN. 
J.  W.  Haney  

52  00 

Oct.  29. 

North  Street,  W.  N.  McElroy 
VANDALIA. 

195  95 

"    20. 

SAYBROOK. 
J.  T.  Orr 

70  00 

1872. 
Mar. 

J.  Earps                               

216  00 

SPRINGFIELD. 

1871. 
Dec.  26. 

TONICA. 
J.  P.  Dill 

155  75 

1872. 
April. 
1873. 

First  Church,  F.  W.  Phillips 

270  10 

by  W.  H.  Daniels  

22  30 

i' 

J.  L.  Crane 

25  00 

Mar.  26. 

8.  S.  Smith  

3  30 

it 

J    S    Foster 

25  00 

11 

W.  Troxwell  

&0  00 

'i 

W.  R.  Brasfleld 

15  00 

"    26. 

J.  P.  Youngslin  

10  0° 

11 

25  00 

"    26. 

DU  QUOIN. 
A.  B.  Nesbit 

9  65 

1872. 

KANE. 

Jan.  11. 

G.  W.  Waggoner  

20  00 

Nov. 

ODELL. 
W.  M.  Collins  

11  00 

"    11 

PERRY. 
L  Smith 

35  00 

Dec.  26. 

CARBONDALE. 
L.  B.  Dennis.  ...\  

50  00 

"    11 

WINCHESTER. 
J  R  S   McElfred 

28  00 

•'    26. 

FLORA. 
H.  Clark  

50  00 

"    11 

CARLYLE. 

17  00 

"    26. 

BLUE  GRASS. 
G.  M.  Dimitt  

55  50 

"    11 

TAMAROA. 
J    R    Reefe 

4  00 

"    26. 

CAVE  IN  ROCK. 
B.  A.  Eaton  

10  00 

NORTH  PRAIRIE. 

"    26. 

NEVADA. 
L.  Springer  

46  25 

NORA. 

9  00 

"    26. 

ROME. 
J.  W.  Otterman  

6  00 

"    11 

BETHANY. 
W  S    Prentice 

25  00 

"    26. 

MT.  CARMEL. 
F.  A.  Eaton  

25  55 

WHITE  OAK  GROVE. 

11  00 

"    26. 

MT.  VERNON. 
J.  Harris  ^  

109  15 

"    11 

ALBION. 

1871. 
Nov.  26. 

NORMAL. 
W.  Webster... 

60  00 

"    11. 

ISLAND  GROVE. 
J.  H.  Dickens... 

25  00 

Report  of  Committee 


1872. 
Jan.  11. 

"    11. 
Feb.  11. 

•'    11. 

"    11. 
"    11. 

1871. 
Dec. 

1872. 
Feb. 
June  19. 

1871. 
Nov. 
1872. 
March. 
1873. 
Jan.  21. 
1872. 
Feb.  27. 

1871. 
Nov. 
1872. 
July. 

1872. 
Jan. 

May. 
Sept.  21. 
1872. 
June. 

April. 

SHILOII. 
W  T   Davis           

$14  05 
40  00 
7  15 
22  00 

15  65 
35  00 

355  00 

100  00 
80  00 

40  14 
66  00 
18  00 
57  60 

41  75 
36  50 

40  00 
24  05 
4  08 
41  00 
89  75 
8  00 

50  00 
6  35 

25  00 
33  00 

80  00 
197  70 
20  00 

1872. 
April  9. 

March. 

1871. 
Dec.  22. 

"    22. 
"    22. 

1872. 
Mar.  14. 

"    14. 

1872. 
July. 

May. 

Oct.  30. 
Nov.  11. 

May. 

HENRY. 
S.  Noble  

$100  00 
100  00 
52  00 
32  00 

7  00 

16  00 
11  00 

62  50 

31  25 
21  50 
17  35 

90  25 
49  50 
47  00 

59  00 
48  75 
129  50 

38  20 
53  02 
90  00 

617  35 
200  00 

175  00 
25  00 
51  00 
15  00 

WILLIAMSVILLE. 
J  B.  Goldsmith 

FAIRMOUNT. 
J.  A.  Kumber                     

SPRINGHILL. 
S.  R.  Gitters  

PARIS. 
J.  R.  Eads  

BATH. 
R.  Ainsworth  

PLEASANT  PLAINS. 

J.  Earlv 

LEBANON. 
R.  Allen 

VERMONT. 
A.  C.  Price 

G.  W.  Hu<*hey  

LEROY. 
W.  C.  Lacy 

BLOOMINGTON. 

Churches,  collected  by  W.  H. 
Daniels 

SHELBYVILLE. 
R.  N.  Davis 

First  Church,  J.  Leaton  
Second  Church,  J.  G.  Little. 

PEORIA. 

First  Ch.,  J.  S.  Cummings.. 

Hale  Chapel,  W.  C.  Knapp.. 
GROVE  CITY. 
J.  B.  Colwell  

FAIRBIsRY. 
N.  Watson    

KEWAUNEE. 

N.  P.  Armstrong 

HENNEPIN. 
D.  T.  Wilson  

DELEVAN. 
W.  M.  McElfresh 

GREEN  VALLEY. 
P  D    Clark 

u 

SAN  JOSE. 
S.  Middleton                      .    . 

RUSHVILLE. 
J.  C.  Rucker 

LINCOLN. 
G.B.Wolfe               

MACON. 
J.  Villers 

HEY  WORTH  CT. 

S.  H.  Martin 

NUNDA. 
J,  S.  Norris  

LOCKPORT. 
J.  Bush                  

SYCAMORE. 
W.  S.  Harrington  

DOVER. 
H  T  Hueston 

PLAINFIELD. 
G.  R.  Van  Horn 

LELAND. 
T.  Chipperfleld 

FAIRFIELD. 
C.  W.  Sabine  

PRINCETON. 
W.  D.  Skelton           

GRIGGSVTLLE. 
P.  B.  Hoffman... 

FREEPORT. 
First  Church,  W.  A.  Smith.. 

Embury  Ch.,  J.   D.   Diffen- 
baugh,  Treas  

H.  Miller  

QUINCY. 

Fifth  Street,  W.  S.  Hooper.. 
Quincy  District,  P.  Wallace. 

Vermont  St.,  W.  R.  Goodwin 
CHAMPAIGN. 
W.  H.  Read  

HAVANNA. 
J.  W.  Rhodes    

ELKHART  CITY. 
M.  Davidson             .        .... 

FIDELITY. 
R.  S.  Moore... 

WILLIAMSVILLE  CT. 
G.  B.  Goldsmith... 

Chicago  Metliodist  Relief. 


1872. 

May    6. 

Aug.   1. 

June    1. 

July. 
Sept. 

Oct. 

1871. 
Nov.  15. 

Dec.  20. 

ARLINGTON. 
J.  S.  Davis..              

$34  00 

500  00 
500  00 

95  00 
40  00 
50  00 
22  60 
62  00 
30  00 
6  00 
25  00 
21  80 
8  25 
20  00 
7  50 

OF 

$27  40 
2  00 

1872. 

1872. 
Sept.  16. 

Oct.    3. 

1872. 
Jan.    1. 

1871. 
Nov. 

1872. 
June  6. 

WISCO 

1872. 
April  19. 

MOKENA. 
J.  Eames 

$  2  00 
79  80 
4  25 

302  28 
21  91 

219  85 
5  00 

100  00 

7,500  00 
5,000  00 
2,500  00 
500  00 

100  00 

1,834  87 
173  00 

$18  26 

JOLIET. 
Otis  Hardy  

BEARDSTOWN. 

J    S   Akers 

Estate  of  Joel  Manning  
COLUMBUS  CT. 
J  W  Sinnock 

UNION  HILL. 
W.  A.  Cummings  

CERRO  GORDO   CT. 
W.  Murphy 

OTTAWA. 
T.  C.  Clendening  

ROSSVILLE  CT. 
C.  Hyde  

W.  Storment,  Treas. 

MORRIS. 
J.  W.  Phillips  

LUDLOW. 
J.  Dale  

ODELL. 

E.  Allen,  note.. 

TUSCOLA. 
M.  D.  Hawes 

SALEM. 
John  Sleeper,  notes 

PONTIAC. 
R.  D.  Russell 

PARIS. 
J.  R.  Eads 

CHICAGO. 
T.  W.  Harvey... 

PANA. 
J  R  Shaw 

R.  F.  Queal  

C.  Busby...               

GREENFIELD. 
W.  T.  Short  

J.  Kettlestrings  

A  member  of  Centenary  Ch. 

Collections  made  at  sundry 
places  by  A.Errickson  from 
the  Swedish  churches,  and 
paid    in    to  Hitchcock    & 
Walden  as  received  . 

MANCHESTER. 
W.  T.  Short  

PULASKI  &  LA  PRAIRIE. 
C.  Powell  

NASHVILLE  CT. 
R.  W.  M.  McLaughlin  

Received  from  Gottenburg, 
Sweden  .  

STATE 

PRESCOTT. 
J.  D.  Searles  . 

NSIN. 

LA  CROSSE. 
E.  B.  Bentley  

WAUKESHA. 
R.  Blackburn  ... 

STATE    OF    MISSOURI. 

1871. 

Oct.  23.    Rolla  Mission,  R.  R.  Pierce : 

1872. 

July.          St.  Louis  Conference,  Church  Extension  Society,  by  Dr.  Kynett. 


15  00 
7  00 


1871. 

Dec.  20.    C.  W.  Shaw. 


STATE    OF   OREGON. 

ALBION. 


22  00 


1872. 

Jan.  31.    E.  R.  Lathrop  . 


STATE    OF    MINNESOTA. 

RED  WING. 


5  47 


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STATE    OF   CALIFORNIA, 


SANTA  ROSA. 
1872. 
Feb.    3.    A.   Wise $2700 


OAKLAND. 
1872. 
Feb.    3.    T.T.Dunn $700 


STATE    OF    MICHIGAN. 

PENTWATER. 

1872.                                                              i 
April   1.    E.  W.  Kellogg 1000 

STATE    OF   WEST   VIRGINIA. 


MARTINSBURG. 


1871. 

Nov.          Collected  by  Dr.  Haven 6393 


1872. 


FAIRMOUNT. 

Collected  by  S.  McChesney.        6700 


TERRITORY   OF   COLORADO. 

LA  JUNTA. 
1872. 
April  1.    T.  Harwood .• 1500 

ENGLAND. 

BUCKLEY. 
1872. 
Jan.  31.    H.  Craven 52  26 

Total  foregoing  Donations $148,385  08 

Interest  allowed  and  paid  Treasurer  for  Deposits 708  55 

Whole  amount  received  by  Treasurer $149,093  63 


DISBURSEMENTS. 

The  Treasurer  has  paid,  in  accordance  with  the  vote  of  the  Com- 
mittee,   to   the    different  objects   specified,    the   following   amounts, 


Garrett  Biblical  Institute $62,508  78 

Grace  M.  E.  Church 35,200  00 

First  M.  E.  Church,  Clark  street -.  13,500  00 

Trinity  M.  E.  Church 13,326  49 

Michigan  Avenue  M.  E.  Church 3,875  00 

Swede  M.  E.  Churches 3,900  00 

German  M.  E.  Churches 4,500  00 

Ada  Street  M.  E.  Church 3,500  00 

State  Street  M.  E.  Church 1,500  00 

Grant  Place  M.  E.  Church.. . 1,600  00 

Oakland  M.  E.  Church  ..  500  00 


Amount  carried  forward $143,910  27 


Chicago  Methodist  Relief.  31 

Amount  brought  forward $143,  910  27 

Traveling  and  other  expenses  of  clergymen  in  securing  the  subscrip- 
tions  1,018  97 

Expenses  for  printing  circulars,  books,  paper,  postage  stamps,  sta- 
tionery and  office  expenses,  etc 848  07 

Returned  Grace  Church  subscriptions  made  to  their  Sunday  School..  76  00 

Discount  allowed  on  time  notes  taken  as  cash  in  division ..  252  20 


$145,600  51 
Balance  in  hands  of  Treasurer,  cash  and  notes $3,493  12 

A.  R.  Scranton,  Esq.,  and  Rev.  E.  H.  Gammon,  were  appointed  a 
Committee  to  examine  and  audit  the  Treasurer's  account,  who,  after 
personal  examination,  made  report,  that  "  they  find  the  moneys 
received  compare  with  the  vouchers. 

"That  they  also  find  vouchers  for  the  moneys  paid  out,  and  the 
accounts  correctly  added  and  carried  forward,  and  that  he  has 
distributed  said  funds  in  accordance  with  the  vote  of  the  General 
committee." 

The  amounts  when  received  by  the  Treasurer  were  not  always 
accompanied  by  the  name  of  the  State  from  which  it  was  collected. 
The  following  table  gives  the  total  from  each  as  near  as  possible  : 

Maine..  $1,08023     Indiana...  $1,73475 


New  Hampshire 593  20 


Iowa 3,544  90 


Vermont 621  10  |  Illinois 27,931  27 

Massachusetts 11,391  49  |  Wisconsin..  47  66 


Rhode  Island 2,577  67 

Connecticut- 400  00 

Xew  York 36,501  49 

Pennsylvania -  33,956  88 

New  Jersey.. 4,333  70 

Delaware .' 2,201  00 

Maryland 4,650  61 

Washington,  D.  C. 940  00 

Kentucky 1,295  65 

Ohio  .. 14,009  27 


Missouri 22  00 

Oregon 2200 

Minnesota 5  47 

California 34  00 

Michigan 10  00 

Colorado 15  00 

West  Virginia 130  93 

Sweden 17300 

England 5226 


In  addition  to  the  foregoing  report,  and  of  what  came  into  the 
hands  of  O.  Lunt,  Treasurer,  there  was  collected  by  the  German 
societies  and  acknowledged  in  the  Christian  Apologist  from  time  to 
time,  $15,733.45,  of  which  amount,  $4,317  was  applied  for  special 
personal  relief,  and  $11,417.44  for  church  building  purposes. 


32  Report  of  Committee 

There  was  also  received  from  the  Church  Extension  Society,  through 
the  Committee  of  the  Rock  River  Conference,  $2,000,  making  the 
total  amount  of  relief  for  the  German  churches  thus  far,  $17,917.44. 

The  Swede  Church  collected  over  and  above  the  amount  paid  over 
to  the  Treasurer,  $1,055,  and  they  also  received  from  the  Church 
Extension  Society  $3,000,  making  total  amount  thus  far  received, 
$7,955. 

There  has  been  collected  for  the  support  of  the  Faculty  of  the 
Garrett  Biblical  Institute,  in  accordance  with  resolutions  of  Annual 
Conferences,  requesting  the  same,  to  date,  since  October,  1871,  as 
follows  : 

Rock  River  Conference. $1,171  10 

Illinois  Conference -  - - --- 22  50 

Central  Illinois  Conference - 98  75 

Detroit  Conference ...  75  93 


Total . $1,368  28 

ORRINGTON  LUNT,  Treasurer. 


Chicago  Methodist  Relief.  33 


REPORT    OF   TREASURER    OF  COMMITTEE    ON   SPECIAL 
PERSONAL   RELIEF. 


The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred,  at  the  Annual  Conference, 
October,  1871,  the  matter  of  the  relief  of  our  suffering  brethren  in 
Chicago,  who  were  rendered  destitute  by  the  recent  fire,  presented 
the  following  report  : 

In  order  that  the  Methodist  community  may  the  more  efficiently  aid  in  this 
work,  we  recommend —  , 

First.  That  a  Central  Committee  be  organized  in  Chicago,  consisting  of  the 
pastors  of  the  several  Methodist  Episcopal  Churches,  and  the  following  named 
persons  :  K.  F.  Queal,  G.  C.  Cook,  Win.  Wheeler,  L.  L.  Bond,  Maj.  McDowell, 
C.  Busby,  A.  R.  Scranton,  Prof.  J.  F.  Eberhart,  S.  W.  Swift,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Fowler, 
Mrs.  Prof.  G.  C.  Wheeler,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Boring,  Mrs.  E.  H.  Gammon,  Mrs.  G.  C. 
Cook,  Mrs.  S.  J.  Foster,  Mrs.  Thomas  Kent,  and  Miss  Martha  Rand,  whose  duty 
it  shall  be  to  receive  and  distribute  supplies,  and  that  Mrs.  R.  F.  Queal  be  the 
Corresponding  Secretary  of  this  Central  Committee. 

Second.  We  recommend  that  all  moneys  be  sent  to  A.  E.  Bishop,  No.  12  South 
Jefferson  street,  Chicago,  and  all  supplies  to  A.  E.  Bishop,  Centenary  Church,  care 
of  O.  C.  Gibbs,  Secretary  of  the  General  Relief  Association. 

Third.  We  recommend  that  a  local  Relief  Committee  be  organized  in  each 
charge  in  the  Rock  River  Conference,  of  which  the  pastor  shall  be  chairman, 
whose  business  it  shall  be  to  procure  and  forward  money  and  supplies  of  food  and 
clothing  to  the  Central  Relief  Committee  of  Chicago,  who  will  give  receipts  for 
the  same,  and  distribute  according  to  their  discretion. 

In  accordance  with  the  above  recommendation,  the  Committee 
organized  and  distributed  the  funds  received  by  the  Treasurer  in 
accordance  with  their  best  judgment.  They  desire  to  return  their 
grateful  thanks  to  the  kind  friends  who  so  nobly  came  to  our  relief  in 
our  great  time  of  need. 

The  amount  received  enabled  them  to  do  great  and  lasting  good 
to  many  of  our  afflicted  brethren. 
3 


Rep.ort  of  Committee 


The  following  is  the  report  of  moneys  received  and  disbursed  by 
A.  E.  Bishop,  Treasurer  of  the  Personal  Relief  and  Aid  Society  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Chicago  : 


STATE    OF    NEW    YORK. 


NEW  YORK  CITY. 


HAMPTON. 
Jan.  3,  1872,  Rev.  R.  T.  Wade $  1  50 

BORODINO. 


Jan.  22,  1872,  J.  G.  Brooks.... 

SYRACUSE. 
P. 

Steel. 


3  00 


6  00 


Nov.  6,  1871,  Elizabeth  St.  M.  E.  Church  $404  41 
Nov.  22, 1871,  C.  C.  North,  from  sundry 

churches 37450 

Dec.  2,  1871,  Bedford  St.  M.  E.  Church.      463  93 
Jan.  23,   1872,  C.  C.  North,  collections 

from  churches  in  N.  Y. 

city  and  vicinity 1,353  55  I   Jan-  ^  1872<  w-    ,    Codin*toa  an(1  Dr" 

Feb.   29,  1872,  C.  C.  North,  balance  of 

collections...  64  85  j  E.  GROVELAND. 

BUFFALO.  I   Jan.  25,  1872,  Rev.  J.  D.  Blakeslee 500 

Dec.  6,  1871,  U.  S.  Tifft  ...  8  35  !  PERES VI LLE. 

'  Jan.  29, 1872.  Joseph  Mount 2  25 

ITHACA.  UTICA. 

Dec.  13,  1871,  Seneca  St.  M.  E.  Church.      32  00  ,  March  28,  1872,  D.  T.  Davie* 8  15 

DISTRICT    OF   COLUMBIA. 

WASHINGTON. 
Nov.  13,  1871,  Rev.  E.  O.  Haven,  Foundry  M.E.  Church  ..'. $191  00 

STATE    OF   WEST    VIRGINIA. 

MORGANTOWN. 
Nov.  28,  1871,  Church -  $  22  40 

STATE    OF    PENNSYLVANIA. 

PHILADELPHIA.  MEDL\. 

Nov.  24,  1871,  Trinity  M.  E.  Church...  $  281  91      „       „     1R       „    Rflr,rrnft  «  SO  00 

"    24,1871,  Arch  St.  M.E.  Church...    25964      Nov.  27,  1871,  b.  Bancro 

"    24,  1871,  St.  Paul  M.  E.  Church 49000 

"    24,  1871,  Spring  Garden  St.  M.  E.  MESHAPPEN. 

Church... 1,75000 

"    24,  1871,  CentralM.  E.  Church 150  00      Dec.  5,  1871,  Rev.  J.  H.  Weston 2  00 

March  18,  1872,  Alex.  Irvin,  bal.  of  col. 

in  Spring  Garden  St.  DANVILLE. 

M.E.  Church 2368 

April  10,  1872,  Tabernacle  M.  E.  Church    200  00  '   Jan.  3,  1872,  St.  Paul  M.  E.  Church 2  00 

STATE    OF    ILLINOIS. 

ALBANY.  DE  PUE. 

Nov.  14,  1871,  Rev.  Z.  D.  Paddock...     .    $  3  00  |    Dec.  26,  1871,  Rev.  G.  W.  S.  Smith  and 

others $500 

AURORA. 

Dec.6,1871  .Emily  A.  Carty  and  "Friend1       1000  EVANSTON. 

June  10,  1872,  Mrs.  K.  E.  Queal 10  74 

FAIR  HAVEN. 

I  Feb.  6,  1872.  Methodist  E.  Church. . .          20  00 
CHICAGO.  FRANKFORD. 

Nov.  2,  1871,  R.  F.  Queul 50  00  j  Jan.  15  1872  Rev.  T.  L.  Olmsted...  15  90 

'     2,  1871,   A  Friend 50  TT4NOVFR 

June  10,  1872,  P.  Myres 30  00 

"     11,  1872,  P.  Myres  30  00  !  Feb.  l(i,  1872.  Methodist  E.  Church 7  55 


CJiicago  Methodist  Relief. 


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HINCKLEY.  PLAINFIELD. 

Nov.  4,  1871,  N.  O.  Freeman $  5  00      Dec-  26«  1871'  Rev-  J-  R-  Vanhorn $  10  00 

LA  SALLE.  POPLAR  GROVE. 

Dec.  18.  1871,  Methodist  E.  Church....      2000      Dec.  26,  1871,  Rev.  T.  L.  Pomeroy 1400 

LIGHTHOUSE.  ROCKFORD. 

Nov.  22,  1871,  Rev.  A.  H.  Schooumaker.  19  25      ***•  6'  1871' South  K'kford  M.E.Church      30  00 

MAT  SPRINGFIELD. 

Jan.  29,  1872.  Second  M.  E.  Church....      47  00 
March  4,  18.2,  H.  Wilkie 10  00         «    ^  1872-  Pirgt  M  E  church 126  65 

MORRISON.                                                                     WY'OMING. 
Dec.  20,  1871,  Rev.  J.  Hartman 2500      Dec.  5,  1871,  Rev.  J.  W.  Agard 2000 

STATE    OF    NEW    JERSEY. 

JERSEY  CITY.  ORANGE. 

Nov.  13,  1871,  John  P.  Allen,  Treasurer 

Nov.  4,  1871,  J.  ECronham   collection  Orange  M    E    church  $  142  QQ 

St.  Paul's  Church....    $173  26  NEWARK. 

Dec.  2,  1871,  Halsey  St.  M.  E.  Church..      100  00     Nov.  18,  1871,  Clinton  St.  M.  E.  Church      170  00 

STATE    OF    NEVADA. 

CARSON  CITY. 
Dec.  22,  1871,  A.  N.  Fisher  and  wife $  25  00 

STATE   OF   VERMONT. 

WEYBRIDGE. 
Dec.  23,  1871,  Ward  Bullard  and  others $  6  00 

STATE    OF   OHIO. 

DAYTON.  CINCINNATI. 

Nov.  28,  1871,  Methodist  E.  Church....  $  300  00      Dec.  5,  1871,  Jno.  H.  Phillips,  collection  $  83  95 

STATE    OF    MAINE. 

HARTLAND.                                                              WATERVILLE. 
Dec.  18,  1871,  Rev.  J.  H.  Mooers $  15  00      Dec.  18,  1871,  M.  E.  Sunday  School $  5  00 

STATE    OF    INDIANA. 

NEW  ALBANY.  SPRINGFIELD. 

Feb.    1,    1872,  Wesley   Chapel    Sunday 

School $  53  00      Feb.  16,  1872.  M.  E.  Church $  5  00 

STATE    OF    KANSAS. 

OTTAWA. 
March  4,1872,  T.  H.  Rohsbangh -  *  2r>  °° 


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STATE    OF    MARYLAND. 

FREDERICK  CITY. 
April  10,  1872,  A.  Boyd  ....... 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

EVERTSTOWN. 
Nov.  28,  1871,  Rev.  L.  M.  Mathews  ......... 

Total  amount  received  ............... 

DISBURSED. 

Paid  out  on  the  orders  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee,  as  per  vouchers 

.......     7,  120  2* 

on  file  ..................  ---  .................. 


Leaving  balance  in  Treasury  .........  ---- 

Also  received  and  distributed  35  boxes,  IT  barrels,  and  1  jar, 
clothing,  provisions,  etc. 

There  have  been  considerable  amounts  forwarded  to  the  pastors  of 
the  burned  churches,  for  Sabbath  School  and  library  purposes. 

A.  E.  BISHOP,   Treasurer., 

CHICAGO,  AUG.  15,  1873. 

NOTE.  In  addition  to  the  above,  there  was  sent  to  John  A.  Owens, 
Esq.,  from  Pittsburg,  for  personal  relief  distribution,  $255.26,  to  be 
accounted  for  by  him. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS-URBANA 

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